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Etymology

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From mesolect +‎ -al.

Adjective

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mesolectal (not comparable)

  1. (linguistics) Relating to a mesolect.
    • 1985, Nessa Wolfson, Joan Manes, Language of Inequality, →ISBN, page 158:
      I prepared the three Matched Guise samples myself, controlling the forms carefully to represent basilectal, mesolectal, and acrolectal levels of usage