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orthoepist

noun

A practitioner of orthoepy (especially one of the 17th or 18th century scholars who proposed to reform English spelling so it would reflect pronunciation more closely)

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Word length
10
Starts with
O
Ends with
T
Contains
RT
Scrabble score
15

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Pronunciation

ɔːˈθəʊɪˌpɪst

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noun

  1. A practitioner of orthoepy (especially one of the 17th or 18th century scholars who proposed to reform English spelling so it would reflect pronunciation more closely)

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