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/ˈpɒlɪɡlɒt/ · noun
A publication in several languages; specifically, a book (especially a bible) containing several versions of the same subject matter or text in several languages..
[T]hose coming to the warehouses' doors fired them, and burned all the books and the pillars of the church, […] A great want thereof there will be of books, specially Latin books and foreign books; and, among others, the Polyglottes and new Bible, which he believes will be presently worth £40 a-piece.
But ſince that period the biblical apparatus has been much enriched by the publication of polyglots; […]
Laſtly, a polyg[l]ot or good linguiſt may alſo be term'd a uſefull learned man, ſpecially if vers'd in School-languages.
If you are interested in polyglot file formats, take a look at the polyglot web page in the Corkami wiki. There are various example polyglots, including a PDF file that is also a valid HTML file with JavaScript, as well as a valid Windows PE executable.
'[T]is thought the two and twenty Languages which Mythrydates the great Polyglot King of Pontus did ſpeak, wer all within the circumference of Anatolia in regard his dominions extended but a little further: […]
For this flyaway son of a Phœnician did not seem to wait for the decision of the polyglot Judges of the Emigration Board.
a polyglot bible a polyglot lexicon
A polyglot region without a clearly dominant culture may develop an artificial lingua franca, such as Pidgin English in the South Sea.
Use polyglot when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Polyglot means A publication in several languages; specifically, a book (especially a bible) containing several versions of the same subject matter or text in several languages..
Common synonyms include multilinguist, polyglotter, polyglottist, polylinguist.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
[T]hose coming to the warehouses' doors fired them, and burned all the books and the pillars of the church, […] A great want thereof there will be of books, specially Latin books and foreign books; and, among others, the Polyglottes and new Bible, which he believes will be presently worth £40 a-piece.
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