nomic

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English

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Etymology

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From Ancient Greek νομικός (nomikós, relating to laws), from νόμος (nómos, law, custom).

Adjective

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nomic (not comparable)

  1. (dated) Customary; ordinary; applied to the usual spelling of a language, in distinction from strictly phonetic methods.
    • 1899, Henry Sweet, The Practical Study of Languages:
      The first and most obvious objection brought against the use of a phonetic notation in teaching a foreign language is the danger of confusion between the phonetic and the nomic spelling of the language.
  2. (sciences, philosophy) Relating to a law.

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