Noun: orthoepist or'thow-u-pist
Usage: archaic
Usage: archaic
- A practitioner of orthoepy (especially one of the 17th or 18th century scholars who proposed to reform English spelling so it would reflect pronunciation more closely)
"The orthoepist argued for a more phonetic spelling system"
Derived forms: orthoepists
Type of: phonologist
Encyclopedia: Orthoepist