— polyglotism , n.
/pol"ee glot'/ , adj.
1. able to speak or write several languages; multilingual.
2. containing, composed of, or written in several languages: a polyglot Bible.
n.
3. a mixture or confusion of languages.
4. a person who speaks, writes, or reads a number of languages.
5. a book, esp. a Bible, containing the same text in several languages.
[ 1635-45; polyglottus polýglottos many-tongued. See POLY-, -GLOT ]