xenoglossy.

An alleged ability to speak or understand a language that the speaker is said not to have learned.

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Words that belong together

• a claim of xenoglossy
• alleged xenoglossy

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The investigator treated xenoglossy as a claim until the recorded speech was independently examined.

The novel’s xenoglossy unsettled the translator more than the apparition itself.

Usage notes

Primary category: horror. Forms: Usually uncountable. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.