Definitions For Xenoglossy

Noun

XENOGLOSSY (plural xenoglossies) knowledge, knowledge of a language one has never learned. }} glossolalia, glossolalia.

Synonyms

xenoglossia

Derived terms

xenoglossic xenoglossically

Related terms

xenoglossophobia

Translations

Arabic: زينوغلوسيا Catalan: xenoglòssia, f Chinese: : Mandarin: 特殊语言能力 Czech: xenoglosie, f Dutch: xenoglossie, f, xenolalie, f French: xénoglossie, f Galician: xenoglosia, f German: Xenoglossie, f Greek: ξενογλωσσία, f Hungarian: xenoglosszia Indonesian: xenoglosia Italian: xenoglossia, f Korean: 제노글로시 Lithuanian: ksenoglosija, f Malay: xenoglossia Persian: زنوگلاسی Portuguese: xenoglossia, f Russian: ксеногло́ссия, f Spanish: xenoglosia, f Turkish: ksenoglosi Ukrainian: ксеноголосія, f glossolalia

Etymology

From (Ancient Greek)  ξενογλωσσία, from ξένος, , foreign and γλῶσσα, , language.

Usage notes

Some writers distinguish xenoglossy from glossolalia, taking the former to mean roughly "knowledge of a language one has never learned" and the latter to mean roughly "speaking a language one does not know". Others do not distinguish the two, using the terms interchangeably or using one term exclusively. When in doubt, it may be preferable to preserve this distinction, and/or to explain what one means when using each term.

Is Xenoglossy a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends NO
Scrabble US NO
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) NO
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary NO

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
21
Words with Friends
23

The word Xenoglossy is worth 21 points in Scrabble and 23 points in Words with Friends

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