Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

quasilinguistic

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: quasilin-guis-tic
IPA

27

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having, or appearing to have, certain aspects or properties of linguistics; apparently, but not actually, linguistic.

Example Sentences

"Following the Gardners' lead, several other scientists have trained other great apes to use a quasilinguistic communication system."

Etymology

From quasi- + linguistic.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: quasi

Inflected Forms

more quasilinguistic (comparative) most quasilinguistic (superlative)

Questions

What does quasilinguistic mean?: Having, or appearing to have, certain aspects or properties of linguistics; apparently, but not actually, linguistic.
Where does quasilinguistic come from?: From quasi- + linguistic.

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