xenoglossia

/ˌziːnəˈɡlɒsi.ə/

Etymology

From xeno- + -glossia.

xenoglossia means synonym of xenoglossy (“knowledge of a language one has never learned”). Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.

xenoglossia is pronounced /ˌziːnəˈɡlɒsi.ə/.

Why “xenoglossia” is a great word

XENOGLOSSIA — [Noun] The purported ability to speak a genuine language one has never learned, regarded as a parapsychological phenomenon. From the Greek xeno- ("foreign") + -glossia ("tongue, language"). The earliest known use is from 1978. Unlike glossolalia (which produces ecstatic but semantically empty vocalizations) or polyglot (which denotes a skill arduously acquired through study), xenoglossia posits an impossible, unearned fluency. It is the farmhand from Ohio recounting his day in flawless medieval French, the toddler scolding her parents in a dialect extinct for centuries, or the sleeper answering in a syntax verified by scholars. Each instance is a haunting fracture in the ordinary walls of the self—a perfect fluency that speaks only of profound personal estrangement.

noun

Synonym of xenoglossy (“knowledge of a language one has never learned”).