See Also: idioglossia(medicine)

schoolboy (iou) and idioglossia (medicine)


schoolboy (iou)



schoolboy noun & adjective. L16.
[from SCHOOL noun1 + BOY noun.]
A. noun. A boy attending school. L16.
every schoolboy knows it is a generally known fact (that).
b. attrib. or as adjective. Of or pertaining to schoolboys; characteristic of a schoolboy. L17.
Daily Telegraph An odd blend of..poetic phraseology and schoolboy humour.
schoolboyhood noun the state of being a schoolboy; schoolboys collectively: M19.
schoolboyish adjective resembling or characteristic of a schoolboy L18.
schoolboyishly adverb E20.
schoolboyishness noun L19.

idioglossia (medicine)


idioglossia
<psychology> An extreme form of lalling or vowel or consonant substitution, by which the speech of a child may be made unintelligible and appear to be another language to one who does not have the key to the literal changes.

Origin: idio-+ G. Glossa, tongue, speech