bilinguis

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adjective

Double-tongued, deceiving.

Scrabble 12

Meanings

adjectivebilinguis (not comparable)
  1. not comparableDouble-tongued, deceiving.
  2. historicalnot comparablelawA jury made up partly of natives and partly of foreigners.

Origin

  1. Latinbilinguis“double-tongued”
  2. Englishbilinguis

Unadapted borrowing from Latin bilinguis (“double-tongued”).

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APA

bilinguis. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bilinguis

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“bilinguis.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bilinguis. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bilinguis,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bilinguis.

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