pol|y|glot

pol|y|glot
pol|y|glot «POL ee glot», adjective, noun.
–adj.
1. speaking or writing several languages: »

The new school had a large and polyglot student body (Atlantic).

2. written in several languages: »

a polyglot Bible.

–n.
1. a person who speaks or writes several languages.
2. a book written in several languages.
3. a mixture or confusion of several languages.
[< Greek polýglōttos < polýs many + glôtta tongue, variant of lôssa]

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