idiolectEnglishOxford Dictionary of Englishidiolect /ˈɪdiəlɛkt / ▸ noun the speech habits peculiar to a particular person: in his strange idiolect, he preferred to call angels ‘angelicals’. – ORIGIN 1940s: from idio- ‘own, personal’ + -lect as in dialect.
EnglishOxford Dictionary of EnglishEnglishOxford Dictionary of English
