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metalinguistic

[ met-uh-ling-gwis-tik ]

adjective

  1. of or relating to metalinguistics or a metalanguage.


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  • meta·lin·guisti·cal·ly adverb

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Word History and Origins

Origin of metalinguistic1

First recorded in 1940–45; meta- + linguistic

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