CiteRelated Content
- Daily Word Quiz: apotheosis
- Analogy of the Day: Today’s Analogy
- Spelling Bee: Today’s Spelling Bee
- Frequently Misspelled Words
- Frequently Mispronounced Words
- Easily Confused Words
- Writing & Language
Meaning of basilect
ba•si•lect
Pronunciation: (bā'zu-lekt", baz'u-), [key]
— n. Ling.
- the variety of language in a creole continuum that is most distinct from the acrolect. Cf. acrolect, mesolect.