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A Writer's Dictionary:

lingual Definition


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lingual
adj
    1. Referring or relating to the tongue.
    2. phonetics.
      Pronounced using the tongue.
    3a. Knowing or expressed in the specified number of languages;
      Example: monolingual
    3b. Relating to the acquisition of speech.
      Example: prelingual
Derivative: lingually
adverb
    Etymology: 17c: from Latin lingua tongue or language.



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