orthoëpy
English
Etymology
Emphasizing the word's tetrasyllabic pronunciation (as opposed to the trisyllabic pronunciations of orthoepy also recognized by dictionaries, especially in US English).
Noun
orthoëpy (uncountable)
- Alternative spelling of orthoepy
- 1959, Hispanic Review: A Quarterly Journal Devoted to Research in the Hispanic Languages and Literatures, volumes 27–28, page 319 (Department of Romance Languages of the University of Pennsylvania):
- In other instances in which the evidence from the analysis of the versification was inconclusive, the study of the orthoëpy produced definite results.
- 1959, Hispanic Review: A Quarterly Journal Devoted to Research in the Hispanic Languages and Literatures, volumes 27–28, page 319 (Department of Romance Languages of the University of Pennsylvania):
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