pasilalyn.
/ˈpasᵻləli/, U.S. /ˈpæsəˌləli/ rare.
A spoken language for universal use; a system or method of universal pronunciation.
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pasilaly1805
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1805 Ann. Rev. 3 14 It appears that the Indians have invented, what a recent French writer calls a pasilaly, a method of talking to people of all languages, without understanding theirs.
1934 ‘H. MacDiarmid’ Stony Limits 24 The poor pasilaly of all other sound.
1995 J. Fentress tr. U. Eco Search for Perfect Lang. (1997) ix. 201 Beck tried to turn his pasigraphy into a pasilaly as well, that is a system of universal pronunciation.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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