glossolalia

/ˌɡlɒsəˈleɪliə/

IPA: /G L AA1 S AH0 L AA1 L IY0 AH0/

noun
  1. 1

    Speaking a language one does not know, or speaking elaborate but apparently meaningless speech, while in a trance-like state (or, supposedly, under the influence of a deity or spirits); speaking in tongues.

    syn:glossolalyspeaking in tonguesspeaking with tongues
noun
  1. 1

    Knowledge of a language one has never learned.

  2. 2

    Glossolalia.

Synonyms

xenoglossia

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Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/glossolalia, https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/xenoglossy

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