Word of the Day

Dialect

November 19, 2025

di-a-lect /ˈdīəˌlek(t)/

Noun

a form of speech characterized by local peculiarities "Viewed freely, the English language is the accretion and growth of every dialect, race, and range of time, and is both the free and compacted composition of all." Walt Whitman (1812-1892)
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