Definition of Polyglotism

1. Noun. The use, notably speech, of several languages ¹

2. Noun. The ability to do so ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Polyglotism

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Polyglotism

polygenic diseases
polygenic disorder
polygenic disorders
polygenic inheritance
polygenism
polygenist
polygenists
polygenous
polygeny
polyglactin 910
polyglandular
polyglossia
polyglossic
polyglossy
polyglot
polyglotism (current term)
polyglotisms
polyglots
polyglottal
polyglottery
polyglottic
polyglottism
polyglottisms
polyglottology
polyglottous
polyglutamation
polyglutamations
polyglutamic acid
polyglutamine
polyglutamyl synthetase

Literary usage of Polyglotism

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Poets of America by Edmund Clarence Stedman (1885)
"When over-freighted with words from other languages, new and old, the polyglotism implies so close a familiarity with many literatures that he cannot avoid ..."

2. Poets of America by Edmund Clarence Stedman (1885)
"When over-freighted with words from other languages, new and old, the polyglotism implies so close a familiarity with many literatures that he cannot avoid ..."

3. Poets of America by Edmund Clarence Stedman (1885)
"When over-freighted with words from other languages, new and old, the polyglotism implies so close a familiarity with many literatures that he cannot avoid ..."

4. Latin and Greek in American Education: With Symposia on the Value of by Francis Willey Kelsey (1911)
"156), the alternative is either the hotel waiter's cheap polyglotism or the study of living languages by the critical methods applied to the languages ..."

5. Selected Articles on the Study of Latin and Greek by Lamar Taney Beman (1921)
"156), the alternative is either the hotel waiter's cheap polyglotism or the study of living languages by the critical methods applied to the languages ..."

6. Selected Articles on the Study of Latin and Greek by Lamar Taney Beman (1921)
"156), the alternative is either the hotel waiter's cheap polyglotism or the study of living languages by the critical methods applied to the languages ..."

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