plangent (en)

loud, reverberating, and often melancholy

prelinguistic (en)

of or at a stage before the development of language (by the human species) or the acquisition of speech (by a child).

prolix (en)

using or containing too many words; tediously lengthy

referents (en)

(noun, linguistics) the thing that a word or phrase denotes or stands for

Saussurean (en)

pertaining to or characteristic of the theories of Ferdinand de Saussure, especially the view that a language consists of a network of interrelated elements in contrast

scabrous (en)

(adjective) difficult knotty / (adjective) ; rough to the touch; as / (adjective) having small raised dots, scales, or points / (adjective) covered with raised, roughened, or unwholesome patches / (adjective) dealing with suggestive, indecent, or scandalous themes; salacious / (adjective) squalid

semiotics (en)

the study of signs and symbols and their use or interpretation (adj: semiotic)

Sierpinski gasket (en)

a fractal and attractive fixed set with the overall shape of an equilateral triangle, subdivided recursively into smaller equilateral triangles

single-entendre principles (en)

sincerity, straightforwardness, lacking in metafictional irony or subtlety

teleological (en)

the philosophical attempt to describe things in terms of their apparent intrinsic purpose, directive principle, or goal, irrespective of human use or opinion

umbrage (en)

(noun) offense or annoyance

writ large (en)

clear and obvious, in a stark or exaggerated form

writ large (en)

clear and obvious, in a stark or exaggerated form