LANGTRY

langtry, lillie (1852- ), english actress, was the daughter of the rev. w. c. le breton, dean of jersey, and married in 1874 edward langtry (d. 1897). for many years she was famous as one of the most beautiful women in england. it was not till 1881 that she definitely went on the stage, appearing from that time under her own management both in london and in america. in 1899 she married sir hugo de bathe, bart. language (adapted from the fr. _langage_, from _langue_, tongue, lat. _lingua_), the whole body of words and combinations of words as used in common by a nation, people or race, for the purpose of expressing or communicating their thoughts; also, more widely, the power of expressing thought by verbal utterance. see generally under philology, phonetics,