单词 | reformed spelling |
释义 | > as lemmasreformed spelling reformed spelling n. a simplified, regularized, or otherwise revised system of orthography; (also) the revised spelling of a word according to such a system; cf. spelling-reform n. at spelling n.2 Compounds 1. ΚΠ 1789 N. Webster Diss. Eng. Lang. App. 407 The arguments in favor of a reformed mode of spelling shall be given.] 1849 Amer. Whig Rev. Oct. 429/1 Printed in the new character and reformed spelling. 1937 Speculum 3 260 The assumption that reformed spelling was always the rule in Cologne manuscripts of circa 850–863 is unfounded. 1951 Jrnl. Philos. 48 743 Almost all the ‘reformed’ spellings have already been employed with humorous intent. 2001 D. Brian Pulitzer xxviii. 317 Roosevelt's decision to adopt reformed spelling in government documents. < as lemmas |
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