OXFORD 9000
📚 adj • entry_id 21562

dialectal

/ˌdaɪəˈlɛktəl/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
dialectal
Of or relating to a dialect.
dialectal
Peculiar to a (nonstandard) variety or lect.
Now (exc. in Nautical language, see b) it is only dialectal or an illiterate substitute for lie, its identity of form with the past tense of the latter no doubt accounting largely…