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idiolect
(idio|lect)
Pronunciation:
/ˈɪdɪəlɛkt/
noun
the speech habits peculiar to a particular person:
in his strange idiolect, he preferred to call angels ‘angelicals’
Origin:
1940s
: from
idio-
'own, personal' +
-lect
as in
dialect
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