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cryptolect, n. Linguistics.
Brit. |ˈkrɪptəlɛkt|, U.S. |ˈkrɪptəˌlɛk(t)|
[‹ crypto- comb. form + -lect comb. form.]
A secret or arcane language used by a particular group or section of a community.
1982D. Gold in Comments on Etymol. 12 v.–vi. 10 In the cryptolect of Yiddish-speaking thieves, a word for ‘prison’ is kan. 1986Amer. Speech 61 207 Their respective dialects in North America contain..features from Shelta, a related cryptolect based largely on Irish. 1995Lang. in Society 24 537 This article presents data on a secret/play language or cryptolect called ‘Gypsy’ that is spoken on the Caribbean island of Bastimentos. 1997D. Solway Random Walks p. x, Or we profess poststructuralism or semiotics or..any of the other routine sublimities, usually couched in some mandatory cryptolect that confers the distinction of unreadability.
Derivatives. cryptolectal adj.
1983D. Gold in Comments on Etymol. 12 xi.–xii. 48 ‘Crowbar’ is the older sense of German *cryptolectal Jadschmuck. 1995Lang. in Society 24 545 The original nucleus maintains stress in the new cryptolectal lexeme. 2002Y. Matras Romani iii. 29 The use of internal names for nations, as well as the creation of internal place names, might on the other hand be regarded as a reflection of a cryptolectal or secretive function of Romani. |