Definition of language

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Language (n.) The inarticulate sounds by which animals inferior to man express their feelings or their wants.

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Bushman :: Bushman (n.) One of a race of South African nomads, living principally in the deserts, and not classified as allied in race or language to any other people..
Tenuis :: Tenuis (n.) One of the three surd mutes /, /, /; -- so called in relation to their respective middle letters, or medials, /, /, /, and their aspirates, /, /, /. The term is also applied to the corresponding letters and articulate elements in other languages..
Affectionate :: Affectionate (a.) Proceeding from affection; indicating love; tender; as, the affectionate care of a parent; affectionate countenance, message, language..
Germanism :: Germanism (n.) An idiom of the German language.
Discourse :: Discourse (v. t.) To treat of; to expose or set forth in language.
Rhetoric :: Rhetoric (n.) Hence, artificial eloquence; fine language or declamation without conviction or earnest feeling..
Phonotypy :: Phonotypy (n.) A method of phonetic printing of the English language, as devised by Mr. Pitman, in which nearly all the ordinary letters and many new forms are employed in order to indicate each elementary sound by a separate character..
Word :: Word (n.) Language considered as implying the faith or authority of the person who utters it; statement; affirmation; declaration; promise.
Gypsy :: Gypsy (n.) The language used by the gypsies.
Welsh :: Welsh (n.) The language of Wales, or of the Welsh people..
Sinology :: Sinology (n.) That branch of systemized knowledge which treats of the Chinese, their language, literature, etc..
Armorican :: Armorican (n.) The language of the Armoricans, a Celtic dialect which has remained to the present times..
Macaronic :: Macaronic (n.) A kind of burlesque composition, in which the vernacular words of one or more modern languages are intermixed with genuine Latin words, and with hybrid formed by adding Latin terminations to other roots..
Bengali :: Bengali (n.) The language spoken in Bengal.
Aryan :: Aryan (n.) The language of the original Aryans.
Surly :: Surly (a.) Gloomily morose; ill-natured, abrupt, and rude; severe; sour; crabbed; rough; sullen; gloomy; as, a surly groom; a surly dog; surly language; a surly look..
Root :: Root (n.) A primitive form of speech; one of the earliest terms employed in language; a word from which other words are formed; a radix, or radical..
Polyglot :: Polyglot (a.) Versed in, or speaking, many languages..
Reproach :: Reproach (v.) The act of reproaching; censure mingled with contempt; contumelious or opprobrious language toward any person; abusive reflections; as, severe reproach..
Grecism :: Grecism (n.) An idiom of the Greek language; a Hellenism.
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