Glossic

Glossic

See also: glossic

English

Etymology

Latin glossa (“a word requiring a gloss”), +‎ -ic.

Proper noun

Glossic

1. A system of phonetic spelling based upon the present values of English letters, but always using one symbol to represent one sound.
   • 1873, The quarterly journal of science and annals of mining, metallurgy, engineering, industrial arts, manufactures, and technology, page 382:

     Mr. Ellis's Glossic is a new concurrent system of spelling, intended to remedy the defects, without interfering with the use, ...

   • 1892, James Gow, A Method of English for Secondary Schools, page 162:

     The Glossic version is taken from Ellis's English Dialects, pp. 28, 29, compared with the more exact pateotype version in his English Pronunciation, Part V. pp. 61, 52. I have ventured to alter Ellis's Glossic spelling wherever I thought that I could ...

   • 1971, Roman Jakobson, Word and Language, Walter de Gruyter (→ISBN), page 458:

     The last improvement of Ellis's notational experiments was his 'veri eezi' Glossic of 1871, coupled with the Universal Glossic which aimed “at giving simbelz faur dhi moast mine'ut foanet-ik anal-isis yet achee-vd”.

References

• Glossic in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.