plain speech

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A distinctive Quaker dialect of English, reformed on religious grounds and characterized by features such as use of the pronoun “thou” and numerical names for months and days of the week.
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see plain, speech.

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