monophthongizingn.
/ˈmɒnə(f)θɒŋʌɪzɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈmɑnə(f)ˌθɔŋ(ɡ)aɪzɪŋ/, /ˈmɑnəpˌθɔŋ(ɡ)aɪzɪŋ/, /məˈnɑfˌθɔŋ(ɡ)aɪzɪŋ/, /məˈnɑpˌθɔŋ(ɡ)aɪzɪŋ/, /ˈmɑnə(f)ˌθɑŋ(ɡ)aɪzɪŋ/, /məˈnɑpˌθɑŋ(ɡ)aɪzɪŋ/ = monophthongization n.
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monophthongization1880
smoothing1888
monophthonging1894
monophthongizing1904
1904 Expositor Apr. 313 That Boeotian monophthongizing of the diphthongs.
1977 Word 28 174 WW [= West Welsh] complicates the derivation of these long diphthongs, however, by bleeding off from the monophthongizing rule that one with /o/ as the opening segment.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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