NOUN • A person who exhibits greater fluency and proficiency in a non-native language or dialect rather than their own native language.
• Look! that xenoglone excelled english in the last english school competition! and it was rumored that they weren't even in California, they were Chinese!
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-- from Greek prefix xeno-, "foreigner" or "stranger;" prefix glosso-, "language" or "tongue;" and phobos meaning "fear."
cf. xenolinguaphobia, using Latinate lingua for "language."
-- from Greek prefix xeno-, "foreigner" or "stranger;" prefix glosso-, "language" or "tongue;" and phobos meaning "fear."
cf. xenolinguaphobia, using Latinate lingua for "language."
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n. An infatuation with foreign languages
-- from Greek prefix xeno-, "foreigner" or "stranger;" prefix glosso-, "language" or "tongue;" and philia meaning "love."
cf. xenolinguaphilia, using Latinate lingua for "language."
-- from Greek prefix xeno-, "foreigner" or "stranger;" prefix glosso-, "language" or "tongue;" and philia meaning "love."
cf. xenolinguaphilia, using Latinate lingua for "language."
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Get the Xenobonerphobia mug.The feeling of annoyance towards the use of unnecessary foreign words or phrases in casual conversation.
When he suddenly said “c’est la vie” while we’re discussing about the unfair things of life, the xenoglossifume kicked in.
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