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orthoepist

ort·hoe·pist

UK/ɔːˈθəʊɪˌpɪst/ US/ˈɔːθəʊˌiːpɪst/ uncommon

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)

Origin

From orthoepy + -ist.

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