English Explanatory Dictionary

varioversal

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A linguistic feature that is recurrent in language varieties with similar sociolinguistic backgrounds.

Word forms

varioversal varioversals

Etymology

From vari- + -o- + clipping of universal, equivalent to a blend of variety + universal with Latinizing -o-. Coined by Benedikt Szmrecsanyi and Bernd Kortmann (2009), apparently after earlier angloversal.

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