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Glossic en · PROPN

Etymology

Latin glossa (“a word requiring a gloss”), + -ic.

Meanings

  1. A system of phonetic spelling based upon the present values of English letters, but always using one symbol to represent one sound.
    • The Glossic version is taken from Ellis's English Dialects, pp. 28, 29, compared with the more exact pateotype version in his English Pronunciation, Part V. pp. 61, 52. I have ventured to alter Ellis's Glossic spelling wherever I thought that I could ... 1892, James Gow, A Method of English for Secondary Schools, page 162:
    • The last improvement of Ellis's notational experiments was his 'veri eezi' Glossic of 1871, coupled with the Universal Glossic which aimed “at giving simbelz faur dhi moast mine'ut foanet-ik anal-isis yet achee-vd”. 1971, Roman Jakobson, Word and Language, Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 458:
    • Mr. Ellis's Glossic is a new concurrent system of spelling, intended to remedy the defects, without interfering with the use, ... 1873, The quarterly journal of science and annals of mining, metallurgy, engineering, industrial arts, manufactures, and technology, page 382: