Dictionary

Anglish en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ˈæŋ.(ɡ)lɪʃ/ (General-American)
• /ˈæŋ.ɡə.lɪʃ/ (Received-Pronunciation, nonstandard)
• /ˈeɪŋ.(ɡ)lɪʃ/ Upper Midwestern US, Western US, Canada, æ-raising
• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈæŋ.(ɡ)lɪʃ/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈæŋ.ɡləʃ/ (Australia)

Etymology

Coined by British author Paul Jennings in 1966 from Angl(e) + -ish, from Old English Engl(e) + isċ, as a jocular name in the British magazine Punch. Doublet of English.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Of, in, or pertaining to this form of English.

wikipedia: Punch (magazine)

Anglish en · PROPN

Pronunciation

• /ˈæŋ.(ɡ)lɪʃ/ (General-American)
• /ˈæŋ.ɡə.lɪʃ/ (Received-Pronunciation, nonstandard)
• /ˈeɪŋ.(ɡ)lɪʃ/ Upper Midwestern US, Western US, Canada, æ-raising
• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈæŋ.(ɡ)lɪʃ/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈæŋ.ɡləʃ/ (Australia)

Etymology

Coined by British author Paul Jennings in 1966 from Angl(e) + -ish, from Old English Engl(e) + isċ, as a jocular name in the British magazine Punch. Doublet of English.

Meanings

1. A puristic style of English that exclusively uses words of native (Germanic) origin, proscribing words of foreign (especially Latin, French, and Greek) origin.
   • Whilst you would be forgiven for thinking this statement comes straight from the latest UKIP manifesto, it is in fact a quotation from The Anglish Moot, a fan-page promoting the use of the 'Anglish' language — that is, English with all foreign borrowings stripped away. 2017 March 25, Lili Bidwell, “Anglish: A Brexiteer’s lingua franca?”, in The Cambridge Student, archived from the original on 31 Jan 2021:
   • In Anglish, you would call a dictionary a wordbook.

Antonyms

Anglese[Romance]] language>

Relateds

Anglian · Anglo-English

Synonyms

Anglo-Saxon English · Eldsay English · Saxon English

wikipedia: Punch (magazine)