diglottism

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek [Term?] (“speaking two languages”), from [Term?] (“twice”) + [Term?] (“tongue”). See glottis.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /daɪˈɡlɒtɪzəm/

Noun

diglottism (usually uncountable, plural diglottisms)

1. bilingualism
   • 1871, John Earle, The Philology of the English Tongue:

     there are two of these diglottisms in a single line

Further reading

• “diglottism”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.