Associations to the word «Lexicostatistic»

Dictionary definition

LEXICOSTATISTIC, adjective. Pertaining to statistical methods used in studying the relations between languages; "lexicostatistic techniques".

Wise words

Words to me were magic. You could say a word and it could conjure up all kinds of images or feelings or a chilly sensation or whatever. It was amazing to me that words had this power.
Amy Tan