orthoepist
See also: orthoëpist
English
Alternative forms
- (archaic) orthoëpist
Etymology
From orthoepy + -ist.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɔːˈθəʊɪˌpɪst/, /ˈɔːθəʊˌiːpɪst/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ɔɹˈθoʊəpɪst/, /ˈɔɹθoʊˌɛpɪst/
Noun
orthoepist (plural orthoepists)
- 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.
Hypernyms
- linguist, phonetician
Hyponyms
- dialectician
Derived terms
- orthoepistic, orthoepistical
References
- “orthoepist, n. (and adj.).”, in OED Online
, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004. - “orthoepy” in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary.