orthologicaladj.
/ˌɔːθəˈlɒdʒᵻkl/, U.S. /ˌɔrθoʊˈlɑdʒək(ə)l/ Of or relating to correct or traditional use of language.Esp. in the names of institutes, societies, etc., devoted to the promotion of correct or approved language use.
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1873 J. Forster Life Dickens II. 241 Victims of orthological impropriety.
1933 Pacific Affairs 6 134 Another alternative is ‘Basic English’, which is described as an ‘international language of 850 words, in which everything may be said’. This was worked out by the Orthological Institute in Cambridge.
1984 Jrnl. Amer. Hist. 70 816 The practical task of the Orthological Institute was to institutionalize the effective teaching of Basic English in Chinese middle schools.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.1873- like licking honey off a thorn
- like life itself
- like lightning
- like lips, like lettuce
- like lips, like such lettuce
- like lips, like such lips
- like mad
- like magic
- like master, like man
- like mother, like daughter
- like much
- like new
- like nobody's business
- like nothing on earth
- like old boots
- like one o'clock
- like one sees it
- like one thing
- like one's own way
- like one's way
- like peas
- like pulling teeth
- like putting lipstick on a pig
- like rabbits
- like ram-tam