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Date: 1900-2000
Origin: idio- 'own, personal' (from Greek, from idios; IDIOT) + -lect (as in dialect)

idiolect

 noun
     
Related topics: Linguistics
id‧i‧o‧lect [uncountable and countable] technical
SL the way in which a particular person uses language
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