idiolectal

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adjective

Of or relating to an idiolect.

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Meanings

adjectiveidiolectal (not comparable)
  1. not comparableOf or relating to an idiolect.

    [G]iven the idiolectal nature of language, teachers vary on which vocabulary they think important.

    2018, Clarence Green, James Lambert, “Advancing disciplinary literacy through English for academic purposes: Discipline-specific wordlists, collocations and word families for eight secondary subjects”, in Journal of English for Academic Purposes, volume 35, →DOI, page 106

Origin

From idiolect + -al.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

ciliolated
Cite this entry
APA

idiolectal. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/idiolectal

MLA

“idiolectal.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/idiolectal. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “idiolectal,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/idiolectal.

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