English Explanatory Dictionary

orthoepist

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An expert at orthoepy: a person who studies the pronunciation of words, especially (historical) one of the orthoepists, 16th- and 17th-century linguists who tried to establish standard English pronunciations and spellings.

Pronunciation

/ɔːˈθəʊɪˌpɪst/ /ˈɔːθəʊˌiːpɪst/ /ɔɹˈθoʊəpɪst/ /ˈɔɹθoʊˌɛpɪst/

Word forms

orthoepist orthoepists orthoëpist

Etymology

From orthoepy + -ist.

Derived words

orthoepistic orthoepistical
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