Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A specialist in orthoepy, especially one of a number of 16th- and 17th-century scholars who proposed reforms of English spelling so that it would more systematically reflect pronunciation.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. One who is skilled in orthoëpy; one who writes on orthoëpy.
Wiktionary
- n. someone who studies the way words are pronounced
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. One who is skilled in orthoëpy.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a practitioner of orthoepy (especially one of the 17th or 18th century scholars who proposed to reform English spelling so it would reflect pronunciation more closely)
Examples
“It is doubtful whether on the day he died, he left a more perfect orthoepist living behind him.”
The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor, Vol. I, No. 5, May 1810
“To the correct orthoepist, several persons on the stage give offence in the pronunciation of the pronoun possessive MY -- speaking it in all cases with the full open Y, as it would rhyme to _fly_, which should only be when it is put in contradistinction to _thy_ or _his_, or any other pronoun possessive: in all other cases it should be sounded like _me_.”
The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor Vol I, No. 2, February 1810
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the catch-all
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fbharjo Can this be right? Can this be left? Can this be nounced? May 4, 2011
ruzuzu Check it out: "An orthoepist, in case you’re wondering, is a pronunciation expert, specifically someone who studies correct pronunciation (Greek orthos, right, correct + epos, word) and who issues opinions about how words are properly or improperly spoken."
- Charles Harrington Elster, Wordnik’s new orthoepist, from the blog. Jun 18, 2010
wytukaze “The dictionary proper incorporated often very substantial notes about words on whose pronunciations opinions were divided, frequently quoting a dozen or so other “orthoepists�? (an awkward, now fortunately largely discarded, word offered as pronounced /`ɔ�?θəʊepɪsts/ etc by the dictionaries) in doing so.�?
Jack Windsor Lewis, in the blog entry “John Walker�? (2009-4-18).
Mar 19, 2009