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Webster 1913 Edition

(ôr′thō̍-ē̍-py̆; 277)

Noun.

[Gr.

ὀρθοέπεια

;

ὀρθόσ

right +

ἔποσ

a word: cf. F.

orthoépie

. See

, and

The art of uttering words correctly; a correct pronunciation of words; also, mode of pronunciation.

Noun.

[Gr. right, and word, or to speak.]

The art of uttering words with propriety; a correct pronunciation of words.

See also: orthoepy and orthœpy

orthoëpy ‎(uncountable)

Alternative spelling of orthoepy
- 1959, Hispanic Review: A Quarterly Journal Devoted to Research in the Hispanic Languages and Literatures, volumes 27–28, page 319 (Department of Romance Languages of the University of Pennsylvania):
  In other instances in which the evidence from the analysis of the versification was inconclusive, the study of the orthoëpy produced definite results.