Ziphn.

Brit.

/zɪf/, U.S.

/zɪf/

Origin: Of uncertain origin. Perhaps formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: cipher n.

Etymology: Origin uncertain. Perhaps shortened < cipher n.

Now rare.

A cryptic way of speaking formerly used among some pupils at Winchester college, characterized by substituting or adding consonants to English words.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > a language > [noun] > artificial or invented language

artificial language1705

natural language1774

Ziph1834

Volapük1885

Esperanto1892

pig Latin1896

pseudo-language1898

Idiom Neutral1903

auxiliary language1905

Panroman1907

universal1907

Ido1908

Mummerset1915

Interlingua1922

Reformed Neutral1922

occidental1926

interlanguage1927

world auxiliary1927

Novial1928

isotype1936

Interglossa1943

Klingon1985

leetspeak1996

leet2001

1834 T. De Quincey Sketches Life & Manners in Tait's Edinb. Mag. Mar. 92/1 Lord W. and I communicated our thoughts occasionally by means of a language..called by the name of Ziph. The language and the name were both derived..from Winchester.

1922 O. Jespersen Lang. viii. 150 ‘Ziph’ or ‘Hypernese’ (at Winchester) substitutes wa for the first of two initial consonants and inserts p or g, making ‘breeches’ into wareechepes.

1942 E. Partridge Usage & Abusage 160/2 Gibberish is applied mostly to Ziph (shagall wege gogo = shall we go).

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	ziph
释义	Ziphn. Brit. /zɪf/, U.S. /zɪf/ Origin: Of uncertain origin. Perhaps formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: cipher n. Etymology: Origin uncertain. Perhaps shortened < cipher n. Now rare. A cryptic way of speaking formerly used among some pupils at Winchester college, characterized by substituting or adding consonants to English words. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > a language > [noun] > artificial or invented language artificial language1705 natural language1774 Ziph1834 Volapük1885 Esperanto1892 pig Latin1896 pseudo-language1898 Idiom Neutral1903 auxiliary language1905 Panroman1907 universal1907 Ido1908 Mummerset1915 Interlingua1922 Reformed Neutral1922 occidental1926 interlanguage1927 world auxiliary1927 Novial1928 isotype1936 Interglossa1943 Klingon1985 leetspeak1996 leet2001 1834 T. De Quincey Sketches Life & Manners in Tait's Edinb. Mag. Mar. 92/1 Lord W. and I communicated our thoughts occasionally by means of a language..called by the name of Ziph. The language and the name were both derived..from Winchester. 1922 O. Jespersen Lang. viii. 150 ‘Ziph’ or ‘Hypernese’ (at Winchester) substitutes wa for the first of two initial consonants and inserts p or g, making ‘breeches’ into wareechepes. 1942 E. Partridge Usage & Abusage 160/2 Gibberish is applied mostly to Ziph (shagall wege gogo = shall we go). This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1834
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