noun
- the speech habits peculiar to a particular person; individual variations in language use
Usage: linguistics; plural of idiolect
Examples
- Linguists study how different idiolects develop within the same community.
- Each family member had distinct idiolects despite growing up together.
- The researcher compared the idiolects of twins raised in different environments.
- Teachers learn to recognize their students’ unique idiolects over time.
- Regional dialects contain many individual idiolects with personal variations.
- The author’s characters each spoke with believable idiolects.