the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
adj. Of or pertaining to language; relating to linguistics, or to the affinities of languages.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
Of or pertaining to language, or to the study of languages: as, linguistic knowledge.
n. Same as linguistics.
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adj. consisting of or related to language
adj. of or relating to the scientific study of language
Word Usage
"If parents shape the linguistic environment of their offspring, and if we all shape the linguistic environments of our conspecifics (merely by talking to them!) then the possibility of a ˜linguistic ratchet effect™ is clearly open."