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orthodoxy |
orthodromic |
orthodromics |
orthodromy |
orthoepist |
orthoepy
| orthogamy
| orthognathic
| orthognathism
| orthognathous
| orthogon
orthoepy
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun orthoepy has 2 senses
- orthoepy(n = noun.communication) pronunciation - the way a word or a language is customarily spoken; "the pronunciation of Chinese is difficult for foreigners"; "that is the correct pronunciation" has particulars: received pronunciation
- orthoepy(n = noun.cognition) Array - a term formerly used for the part of phonology that dealt with the `correct' pronunciation of words and its relation to `correct' orthography; Array is a kind of phonemics, phonology
is a kind of language, oral communication, speech, speech communication, spoken communication, spoken language, voice communication
OXFORD DICTIONARY
orthoepy, n. the scientific study of the correct pronunciation of words.
Derivative
orthoepic adj. orthoepist n.
Etymology
Gk orthoepeia correct speech (as ORTHO-, epos word)
ROGET THESAURUS
orthoepy
Voice
N voice, vocality, organ, lungs, bellows, good voice, fine voice, powerful voice, musical voice, intonation, tone of voice, vocalization, cry, strain, utterance, prolation, exclamation, ejaculation, vociferation, ecphonesis, enunciation, articulation, articulate sound, distinctness, clearness, of articulation, stage whisper, delivery, accent, accentuation, emphasis, stress, broad accent, strong accent, pure accent, native accent, foreign accent, pronunciation, homonym, orthoepy, cacoepy, euphony, gastriloquism, ventriloquism, ventriloquist, polyphonism, polyphonist, phonology, vocal, phonetic, oral, ejaculatory, articulate, distinct, stertorous, euphonious, how sweetly sounds the voice of a good woman, the organ of the soul, thy voice is a celestial melody.
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