See Also: adstratum(dictionary)

incredulity (oh) and adstratum (iou)


incredulity (oh)



a feeling that you cannot believe something
-synonym disbelief disbelief
::When she told her family she was gay, they reacted with a mixture of shock and incredulity.

adstratum (iou)



adstratum noun. . M20.
[mod. Latin, from Latin AD- + stratum STRATUM.]
Linguistics. (Elements or features of) a language responsible for change in a neighbouring language. Cf. SUBSTRATUM, SUPERSTRATUM.