Word: orthoepists
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: or
thoe
pists
Definition: Plural of orthoepist; 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)
Morphemes:
Affix: orthoepy
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: : the study of pronunciation.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: ὀρθός
Language: grc
Decoded: orthos
Meaning: correct
Affix: ἔπος
Language: grc
Decoded: epos
Meaning: word
Affix: -ία
Language: grc
Decoded: -ia
Meaning: -y
Affix: -ist
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: one who has a certain ideology or set of beliefs;
Etymology Compounds: Affix: -ίζω
Language: grc
Decoded: -izo
Meaning: -ize, -ise
Affix: -τής
Language: grc
Decoded: -tes
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: With -ύζω verbs.
Affix: -s
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form the plurals of numerals, letters, some abbreviations and some nouns, usually because the omission of an apostrophe would make the meaning unclear or ambiguous.