orthoepist

See also: orthoëpist

English

Alternative forms

(archaic) orthoëpist

Etymology

From orthoepy +‎ -ist.

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɔːˈθəʊɪˌpɪst/, /ˈɔːθəʊˌiːpɪst/
(General American) IPA^(key): /ɔɹˈθoʊəpɪst/, /ˈɔɹθoʊˌɛpɪst/

Noun

orthoepist (plural orthoepists)

An expert at orthoepy: a person who studies the pronunciation of words, especially (historical) one of the orthoepists, 16th- and 17th-century linguists who tried to establish standard English pronunciations and spellings.

Hypernyms

linguist, phonetician

Hyponyms

dialectician

Derived terms

orthoepistic, orthoepistical

References

“orthoepist, n. (and adj.).”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 2004.
“orthoepy”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

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