Cryptolanguage
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A secret language.
"The history of cant lexicography has contributed in part to a widely held misconception about slang, namely, that slang is used as a secret language known only to the members of a select group: that slang is a crypto-language."
Example
More examples"The history of cant lexicography has contributed in part to a widely held misconception about slang, namely, that slang is used as a secret language known only to the members of a select group: that slang is a crypto-language."
Etymology
From crypto- + language.
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