orthoepy
Americannoun
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Etymology
Origin of orthoepy
First recorded in 1660–70; from Greek orthoépeia “correctness of diction,” equivalent to ortho- “straight, correct, right” + epe- (stem of épos “word”) + -ia noun suffix; see origin at ortho-, -y 3
Example Sentences
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This unsettled state of our orthography, and what it often depended on, our orthoepy, was an inconvenience detected even at a very early period.
From Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature by Isaac Disraeli
There is nothing belonging to the stage which demands such strict discipline as its orthoepy, because there is 78 none in which it can so immediately and powerfully affect the public.
From The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor Volume I, Number 1 by S. C. (Stephen Cullen) Carpenter
Many of the words in most books on orthoepy are very rarely mispronounced, and they serve only to cumber the work.
From A Manual of Pronunciation For Practical Use in Schools and Families by Otis Ashmore
The Rig-Veda also came there, adorned with the rules of orthoepy.
From The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 Books 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18 by Kisari Mohan Ganguli
The design of Mulcaster to regulate orthography by orthoepy was revived so late as in 1701, in a curious work, under the title of “Practical Phonography,” by John Jones, M.D.
From Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature by Isaac Disraeli
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