How do you pronounce orthoepist?

The recorded pronunciation is /ɔɹˈθoʊəpɪst/.

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orthoepist

/ɔɹˈθoʊəpɪst/

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Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

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Etymology tree English orthoepy Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English orthoepist From orthoepy + -ist.

orthoepists (plural) orthoëpist (alternative, archaic)

orthoepistic orthoepistical

How do you pronounce orthoepist?: The recorded pronunciation is /ɔɹˈθoʊəpɪst/.
What does orthoepist mean?: 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.
Where does orthoepist come from?: Etymology tree English orthoepy Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English orthoepist From orthoepy + -ist.

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