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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
orthoepy
    n 1: the way a word or a language is customarily spoken; "the
         pronunciation of Chinese is difficult for foreigners";
         "that is the correct pronunciation" [syn: pronunciation,
         orthoepy]
    2: a term formerly used for the part of phonology that dealt
       with the `correct' pronunciation of words and its relation to
       `correct' orthography

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
orthoepy \or"tho*e*py\ ([^o]r"th[-o]*[-e]*p[y^]; 277), n. [Gr.
   'orqoe`peia; 'orqo`s right + 'e`pos a word: cf. F.
   ortho['e]pie. See Ortho-, and Epic.]
   The art of uttering words correctly; a correct pronunciation
   of words; also, mode of pronunciation.
   [1913 Webster]

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