Polyglot

//ˈpɒlɪɡlɒt//

"Polyglot" in a Sentence (18 examples)

It doesn't require you to be a polyglot.

A polyglot is someone who can read upside-down.

Keep learning and become a polyglot.

Are you a polyglot?

My ideal woman is shapely, intelligent and a polyglot.

The ideal woman for me would be well-mannered, intelligent and a polyglot.

My goal is to become a polyglot.

My goal is to be a polyglot.

Mata Hari was intelligent and a polyglot.

I'm a polyglot.

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[T]hose coming to the warehouses' doors fired them, and burned all the books and the pillars of the church, […] A great want thereof there will be of books, specially Latin books and foreign books; and, among others, the Polyglottes and new Bible, which he believes will be presently worth £40 a-piece.

But ſince that period the biblical apparatus has been much enriched by the publication of polyglots; […]

Laſtly, a polyg[l]ot or good linguiſt may alſo be term'd a uſefull learned man, ſpecially if vers'd in School-languages.

If you are interested in polyglot file formats, take a look at the polyglot web page in the Corkami wiki. There are various example polyglots, including a PDF file that is also a valid HTML file with JavaScript, as well as a valid Windows PE executable.

'[T]is thought the two and twenty Languages which Mythrydates the great Polyglot King of Pontus did ſpeak, wer all within the circumference of Anatolia in regard his dominions extended but a little further: […]

For this flyaway son of a Phœnician did not seem to wait for the decision of the polyglot Judges of the Emigration Board.

a polyglot bible    a polyglot lexicon

A polyglot region without a clearly dominant culture may develop an artificial lingua franca, such as Pidgin English in the South Sea.

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