orthoepist

== English == === Alternative forms === orthoëpist (archaic) === Etymology === From orthoepy +‎ -ist. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɔːˈθəʊɪˌpɪst/, /ˈɔːθəʊˌiːpɪst/ (General American) IPA(key): /ɔɹˈθoʊəpɪst/, /ˈɔɹθoʊˌɛpɪst/ === Noun === orthoepist (plural orthoepists) An expert at orthoepy: a person who studies the pronunciation of words, especially (historical) one of the orthoepists, 16th- and 17th-century linguists who tried to establish standard English pronunciations and spellings. ==== Hypernyms ==== linguist, phonetician ==== Hyponyms ==== dialectician ==== Derived terms ==== orthoepistic, orthoepistical === References === “orthoepist, n. (and adj.).”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004. “orthoepy”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.