Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

websterism

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: web-ster-ism
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An orthographic convention due to Noah Webster (1758-1843), American lexicographer and spelling reformer.

Dated

Example Sentences

"Again, the spelling of such words as "center" and "traveler" is not an Americanism, though to be found in a few American books, but a Websterism […]"
"[…] this improvement will no longer figure as an Americanism or a Websterism."

Etymology

Etymology tree English Webster Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English Websterism From Webster + -ism.

Usage

Dated

Inflected Forms

Websterisms (plural)

Questions

What does websterism mean?: An orthographic convention due to Noah Webster (1758-1843), American lexicographer and spelling reformer.
Where does websterism come from?: Etymology tree English Webster Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English Websterism From Webster + -ism.

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