Meanings
noundiglottism (usually uncountable, plural diglottisms)
plural diglottisms
- uncountableusuallybilingualism
there are two of these diglottisms in a single line
1871, John Earle, The Philology of the English Tongue
Origin
- Ancient Greekδίγλωττος“speaking two languages”
- Englishdiglottism
From Ancient Greek δίγλωττος (díglōttos, “speaking two languages”), from δι- (di-, “two”) + γλῶττα (glôtta, “tongue”).
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diglottism. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/diglottism
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“diglottism.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/diglottism. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “diglottism,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/diglottism.
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