Idioglot

adj, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An idioglot instrument.

    "Masa (tongs) -an idioglot with a sound-rhythmical effect and with a secondary musical function; made of iron."

  2. 2
    A person who speaks an idiolect.

    "In a case quoted by Romanes, the reference to which we give later, a child aged 4½ years was the subject of idioglossia, but her younger brother was able to converse with her in her own idioglot language, although he also talked childish English."

Adjective
  1. 1
    Having a vibrating reed that is an integral part of the instrument. not-comparable

    "Further north, in rural Lithuania, a folk clarinet has a cylindrical tube closed at the top, with idioglot reed taken in the player's mouth for its entire length."

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"Further north, in rural Lithuania, a folk clarinet has a cylindrical tube closed at the top, with idioglot reed taken in the player's mouth for its entire length."

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