plain speech
A distinctive Quaker dialect of English, reformed on religious grounds and…A distinctive Quaker dialect of English, reformed on religious grounds and characterized by features such as use of the pronoun “thou” and numerical names for months and days of the week.
Meaning
2 senses(Quakerism, uncountable)A distinctive Quaker dialect of English, reformed on religious grounds and characterized by features such as use of the pronoun “thou” and numerical names for months and days of the week.
(uncountable)Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see plain, speech.
Word family
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Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable