Prelinguistic
adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Preceding the use of true language not-comparable
"Look, you know, a grunted uh, I mean — which is what I use to fill up a silence to show I'm conscious while I'm groping for a word — is, like, prelinguistic language."
Example
More examples"Look, you know, a grunted uh, I mean — which is what I use to fill up a silence to show I'm conscious while I'm groping for a word — is, like, prelinguistic language."
Etymology
From pre- + linguistic.
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