mesolectal

English

Etymology

mesolect +‎ -al

Adjective

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