diphthongic
English
Etymology
diphthong + -ic
Adjective
diphthongic (not comparable)
- Of the nature of diphthong; diphthongal.
- 1874, Henry Sweet, A History of English Sounds from the Earliest Period
- The old-diphthongic ou was sharply distinguished from the new-diphthongic ou
- 1874, Henry Sweet, A History of English Sounds from the Earliest Period
References
diphthongic in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913