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Definition of Basilect
1. Noun. (linguistics) A variety of a language that has diverged greatly from the standard form. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Basilect
1. the least prestigious language of an area [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Basilect
Literary usage of Basilect
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. History of the Planting and Training of the Christian Church by the Apostles by August Neander (1865)
"... basilect, 1838, with which De Wette, in bis late Commentary on the Epistles
to the Corinthians, has expressed hie concurrence. ..."
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