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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. The speech of an individual, considered as a linguistic pattern unique among speakers of his or her language or dialect.

Wiktionary

  1. n. linguistics The language variant used by a specific individual.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. n. (Linguistics) the language or speech of one individual at a particular period in life.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. the language or speech of one individual at a particular period in life

Etymologies

  1. Blend of idiom and dialect (Wiktionary)
  2. idio- + (dia)lect. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

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  • srkrause Maybe it's how we got "W"! Mar 1, 2008

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