cryptophasia
Meanings
noun
- The development by twins (identical or fraternal) of a language that only they can understand.
Word forms
Etymology
From Ancient Greek κρυπτός (kruptós, “hidden”) + -φασία (-phasía, “speech”) (from φάσις (phásis, “utterance”), from φημί (phēmí, “I speak”)). Equivalent to crypto- + -phasia.
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