Orthoepist Definition
ôr-thōə-pĭst, ôrthō-ĕpĭst
noun
A specialist in orthoepy, especially one of a number of scholars of the 1500s and 1600s who proposed reforms of English spelling so that it would more systematically reflect pronunciation.
American Heritage
Someone who studies the way words are pronounced.
Wiktionary
Other Word Forms of Orthoepist
Noun
Singular:
orthoepist
Plural:
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