ˈheptaglot, a. and n.
[f. Gr. ἑπτά hepta- + γλῶττα tongue, -γλῶττος -tongued: cf. polyglot.]
A. adj. Using or written in seven languages. B. n. A book in seven languages.
| 1684 N. S. Crit. Enq. Edit. Bible xxvii. 245 They are indeed much inferiour to the Parisian Heptaglots in the largeness and goodness of the Paper. 1885 Encycl. Brit. XIX. 417 It was in connexion with this polyglott that E. Castle produced his famous Heptaglott Lexicon. |
So † heptagloˈttology. Obs. (See quot.)
| 1618 E. Rive (title) An Heptaglottologie, that is, a Treatise concerning Seven Languages. |