Pol"y*glot (?), a. [Gr. manytongued; many + , , tongue, language: cf. F. polyglotte.]
1.
Containing, or made up, of, several languages; as, a polyglot lexicon, Bible.
2.
Versed in, or speaking, many languages.
© Webster 1913.
Pol"y*glot, n.
1.
One who speaks several languages.
[R.] "A
polyglot, or good linguist."
Howell.
2.
A book containing several versions of the same text, or containing the same subject matter in several languages; esp., the Scriptures in several languages.
Enriched by the publication of polyglots.
Abp. Newcome.
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