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Webster 1913 Edition


Orthoepical

{

Orˊtho-ep′ic

,

Orˊtho-ep′ic-al

, }
Adj.
Of or pertaining to orthoepy, or correct pronunciation.
Orˊtho-ep′ic-al-ly
,
adv.

Definition 2024


orthoepical

orthoepical

English

Adjective

orthoepical (not comparable)

  1. Of or pertaining to orthoepy, or correct pronunciation
    • 1923, Israel Zangwill, The Grey Wig: Stories and Novelettes:
      One Sunday afternoon a friendly orthoepical difference of this nature arose even as Mrs. Maper sat in her palatial drawing room waiting for callers, and they repaired to the library, Mrs. Maper arguing the point with loud good humour.