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Oxford spellings

Oxford spellings is the plural of Oxford spelling.

Meaning of Oxford spelling

Noun

Oxford spelling (plural Oxford spellings)

  1. A British English standard spelling, as defined by the Oxford University Press, this being the usual British spelling but with the letter z used in many instances of the suffixes -ize and -ization.
    • He was entered at Queen's College, Oxford; but he had not been many months there, when some of his Latin verses fell by accident into the hands of Dr. Lancaster, Dean of Magdalene College.*
      [note] Pronounced “Maudlin” The Oxford spelling is Magdalen.1897, Thomas Babington Macaulay Macaulay, James Greenleaf Croswell, Essays on Milton and Addison, Longmans, Green, page 97

Questions about Oxford spellings

What is Oxford spellings the plural of?
Oxford spellings is the plural of Oxford spelling.

Words near Oxford spellings in the dictionary

  1. Oxford shirt
  2. Oxford shirts
  3. Oxford shoe
  4. Oxford shoes
  5. Oxford spelling
  6. Oxford spellings
  7. Oxford tie
  8. Oxford ties
  9. Oxfordesque
  10. Oxfordian
  11. Oxfordianism

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