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semilingual

The English word “semilingual” has 2 meanings listed here.

adjective

  1. Having a low profile in all of several languages that one can speak.

noun

  1. A person who knows two or more languages but exhibits low profile in all of them, that involves having poor vocabulary and wrong grammar.

Etymology

From semi- + lingual.

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