Anglic

[ ang-glik ]

noun

1. the 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.

adjective

1. Anglian ( def 1 ).

Word History and Origins

Origin of Anglic¹

1865–70; < Medieval Latin Anglicus English, equivalent to Late Latin Angl ( us ) Angle, Germanic-speaking inhabitant of Britain ( Latin Angliī a continental tribe mentioned by Tacitus; Angle ) + -icus -ic

Example Sentences

Anglic. script. post Bedam, p.

From Project Gutenberg

Mrs. Protocol grieves because she thinks a grateful country ought to wreathe her lord's brow with laurels—Anglic�, strawberry-leaves—and the country remains ungrateful, and the brows bare.

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The publication of the famous "draft treaty" had convinced them "que Bismarck avait roul� l'empereur,"—anglic�, "that the Emperor had been bone;" and, notwithstanding their repeated assertions of being able to dispense with the moral support of Europe, they felt not altogether resigned about the animosity which the revelation of that document had provoked.

From Project Gutenberg

Anti-Martinus sive monitio cujusdam Londinensis ad adolescentes vtrimque academi� contra personatum quendam rabulam qui se Anglic� Martin Marprelat, &c.

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Anglic., quoted by Burnet, 11.

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