English Explanatory Dictionary

hyperlect

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The variety of a language that is spoken by the aristocracy.

Word forms

hyperlect hyperlects

Etymology

From hyper- + -lect, Ancient Greek affixes meaning literally “overspeech”, that is, the speech of the overclass.

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