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noun
The variety of a language that is spoken by the aristocracy.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Broader terms: lect, variety
History
From hyper- + -lect, Ancient Greek affixes meaning literally “overspeech”, that is, the speech of the overclass.
