Anglish

Meanings

1. A puristic style of English that exclusively uses words of native (Germanic) origin, proscribing words of foreign (especially Latin, French, and Greek) origin.

1. Of, in, or pertaining to this form of English.

Etymology

Coined by British author Paul Jennings in 1966 from Angl(e) + -ish, from Old English Engle + -isċ, as a jocular name in the British magazine Punch. Doublet of English.