idiolect

Etymology

From idio- + -lect.

noun

  1. (linguistics) The language variant used by a specific individual.
    She perfected the fictional idiolect, fashioning habits of speaking for even minor characters that rendered them utterly singular. 2012, John Mullan, What Matters in Jane Austen?: Twenty Crucial Puzzles Solved, page 3

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