Anglish
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Angle + -ish, originally proposed as a joke name by humorist Paul Jennings in the British magazine Punch.
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
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Anglish
- A register or form of English that gives preference to words of native Germanic origin over words of foreign (especially Latin, French, or Greek) origin.
- In Anglish, you might call a dictionary a ‘wordbook’.
Adjective[edit]
Anglish (comparative more Anglish, superlative most Anglish)
- Of, in, or pertaining to this form of English.
Further reading[edit]
linguistic purism in English on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
