diglottism
English edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek [Term?] (“speaking two languages”), from [Term?] (“twice”) + [Term?] (“tongue”). See glottis.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
diglottism (usually uncountable, plural diglottisms)
- bilingualism
- 1871, John Earle, The Philology of the English Tongue:
- there are two of these diglottisms in a single line
Further reading edit
- “diglottism”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.