Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Having two tongues, or speaking two languages.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective obsolete Having two tongues, or speaking two languages.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective obsolete, rare Speaking or presented in two languages; bilingual.

Etymologies

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Latin bilinguis.

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Examples

  • From his birth he was bilinguous; and added to this linguistic advantage were his profound scholarship and poetic gift.

    The Book-Hunter at Home P. B. M. Allan

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