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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024An•glic (ang′glik),USA pronunciation n. - Linguisticsthe English language in a simplified spelling devised by R. E. Zachrisson (1880–1937), a Swedish philologist, to make English easier to use as an auxiliary language. About 40 of the most frequent words are kept in their usual spellings;
the rest of the vocabulary is spelled phonetically with letters of the traditional 26-letter alphabet. adj. - Language Varieties, Language Varieties, World HistoryAnglian (def. 1).
- Medieval Latin Anglicus English, equivalent. to Late Latin Angl(us) Angle, Germanic-speaking inhabitant of Britain (Latin Angliī a continental tribe mentioned by Tacitus; compare Angle) + -icus -ic
- 1865–70
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