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glossic

glossic is the alternative letter-case form of Glossic.

Proper noun capitalized: Glossic

Glossic

  1. A system of phonetic spelling based upon the present values of English letters, but always using one symbol to represent one sound.
    • Mr. Ellis's Glossic is a new concurrent system of spelling, intended to remedy the defects, without interfering with the use, ...1873, The quarterly journal of science and annals of mining, metallurgy, engineering, industrial arts, manufactures, and technology, page 382
    • The Glossic version is taken from Ellis's English Dialects, pp. 28, 29, compared with the more exact pateotype version in his English Pronunciation, Part V. pp. 61, 52. I have ventured to alter Ellis's Glossic spelling wherever I thought that I could ...1892, James Gow, A Method of English for Secondary Schools, page 162

Origin of glossic

Latin glossa (“a word requiring a gloss”), + -ic.

Words formed from glossic

Questions about glossic

What does glossic mean?
Glossic means a system of phonetic spelling based upon the present values of English letters, but always using one symbol to represent one sound.
What is glossic the alternative letter-case form of?
Glossic is the alternative letter-case form of Glossic.
What part of speech is glossic?
Glossic is a proper noun.

Words near glossic in the dictionary

  1. glossens
  2. glosser
  3. glossers
  4. glosses
  5. glosses over
  6. glossic
  7. glossid
  8. glossids
  9. glossier
  10. glossies
  11. glossiest

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