Language

lang′gwāj, n. that which is spoken by the tongue: human speech: speech peculiar to a nation: style or expre ion peculiar to an individual: diction: any manner of expre ing thought.— v.t. to expre in language.— adjs. Lang′uaged , skilled in language; Lang′uagele ( Shak. ), speechle , silent; Lang′ued ( her. ), furnished with a tongue.— Dead language , one no longer spoken, as opp. to Living language , one still spoken; Flash language (see Flash ). [Fr. langage — langue —L. lingua (old form dingua ), the tongue, akin to L. lingēre , Gr. leichein .]