"idiolect" meaning in English

See idiolect in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: idiolect [singular], idiolects [plural]
Head templates: {{noun}} [POS TABLE]
  1. Someone's idiolect is the language they speak, exactly the way that one person speaks it, which can be just a little different from the way anyone else speaks that language.
    Sense id: simple-idiolect-en-noun-xAQOEjC9
     
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