Across
- 3. Having a tendency; inclined; likely to do or have something
- 4. Ridiculous misuse of a word, especially by confusing it with one of similar sound.
- 8. Absurd; contrary to nature, reason, or common sense
- 10. A representative group forming part of a larger group
- 11. Using several languages
- 13. Restricted to ideas; abstract or unproven
- 14. A new word, expression, or usage
- 16. A name, title, or designation
- 19. A particular manner of speaking
Down
- 1. Of or related to the language of the common people
- 2. Impossible to comprehend or fully grasp
- 5. vain without success; completely ineffective
- 6. A person whose name is, or thought to be, the source of the name of something
- 7. perhaps; possibly
- 8. A natural inclination; a tendency
- 9. A critical or explanatory note
- 12. A regional dialect, especially a nonstandard one that has no written tradition
- 15. Something that may occur; a possibility
- 17. The study of the nature, structure, and variation of language
- 18. Difficult to believe; not likely or credible