Associations to the word «Orthoepy»
Wiktionary
ORTHOEPY, noun. The correct pronunciation of words.
ORTHOEPY, noun. The study of correct pronunciation.
ORTHOËPY, noun. Alternative spelling of orthoepy
ORTHŒPY, noun. (US) (rare) (obsolete) (hypercorrect) Nonstandard spelling of orthoepy. [19th century]
Dictionary definition
ORTHOEPY, noun. The way a word or a language is customarily spoken; "the pronunciation of Chinese is difficult for foreigners"; "that is the correct pronunciation".
ORTHOEPY, noun. A term formerly used for the part of phonology that dealt with the `correct' pronunciation of words and its relation to `correct' orthography.
Wise words
The short words are best, and the old words are the best of
all.