orthoepist noun & adjective. ['ɔ:Ɵǝʊɛpɪst, -i:pɪst, ɔ:'Ɵǝʊɪpɪst] L18.
[from ORTHOEPY + -IST.]
A. noun. An expert in orthoepy; a person who studies the pronunciation of words; esp. (Hist.) any of a group of 16th- and 17th-cent. writers who sought to establish a standard pronunciation of English and to reform the spelling system in accordance with it. L18.
b. attrib. or as adjective. Of orthoepists; orthoepistic. L20.

■ orthoe'pistic adjective pertaining to or characteristic of orthoepists M19.

■ orthoe'pistical adjective E20.

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