acrolectal
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 0.00 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Of or pertaining to an acrolect, or standard dialect
Example Sentences
- "I prepared the three Matched Guise samples myself, controlling the forms carefully to represent basilectal, mesolectal, and acrolectal levels of usage"
Etymology
Etymology tree English acrolect Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English acrolectal From acrolect + -al.