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Orthoëpy

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Archaic form of orthoepy. alt-of, archaic, uncountable

    "In other instances in which the evidence from the analysis of the versification was inconclusive, the study of the orthoëpy produced definite results."

Etymology

Emphasizing the word's tetrasyllabic pronunciation (as opposed to the trisyllabic pronunciations of orthoepy also recognized by dictionaries, especially in US English).

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