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Anglic

[ ang-glik ]

noun

  1. the English language in a simplified spelling devised by R. E. Zachrisson (1880–1937), a Swedish philologist, to make English easier to use as an auxiliary language. About 40 of the most frequent words are kept in their usual spellings; the rest of the vocabulary is spelled phonetically with letters of the traditional 26-letter alphabet.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of Anglic1

1865–70; < Medieval Latin Anglicus English, equivalent to Late Latin Angl ( us ) Angle, Germanic-speaking inhabitant of Britain ( Latin Angliī a continental tribe mentioned by Tacitus; Angle ) + -icus -ic
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Example Sentences

Cancre and crabe in French are synonymous, meaning the same; Anglic, crab (fish).

Libellus medicin et chirurgi, partim Latin, partim Anglic, partim etiam Gallic.

Varia experimenta chimica, Anglic, quorum initium est, For to make white lead.

Henrici Beaumundi regimen sanitatis, cum aliis variis experimentis, tam Anglic quam Latin scriptis.

The murrain was a flux, anglic scitha (Roger of Howden) or schitta (Bromton).

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