Pronuntiation
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Obsolete form of pronunciation. alt-of, countable, obsolete, uncountable
"[…] I cannot ſee (eſpecially conſidering how neceſſary a thing true pronuntiation is both for the grace of the ſpeech, as for the commodity and aduantage it may beget to the common-wealth as well at home, as in commerce and traffique had in forraine parts with other nations by conferring with them in their own languages) how in this it can be accounted vnneceſſary to ſeeke a meanes whereby to remedy theſe manifold abuſes and imperfections in ſpeech and writing, […]"
Example
More examples"[…] I cannot ſee (eſpecially conſidering how neceſſary a thing true pronuntiation is both for the grace of the ſpeech, as for the commodity and aduantage it may beget to the common-wealth as well at home, as in commerce and traffique had in forraine parts with other nations by conferring with them in their own languages) how in this it can be accounted vnneceſſary to ſeeke a meanes whereby to remedy theſe manifold abuſes and imperfections in ſpeech and writing, […]"
Etymology
From Latin prōnūntiātiō.
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