Anglish

English

Etymology

Coined by British author Paul Jennings in 1966 from Angl(e) +‎ -ish, from Old English Engle + -isċ as a jocular name in the British magazine Punch.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈænɡlɪʃ/, /ˈænɡləʃ/

Proper noun

Examples

Anglish

  1. A puristic style of English that exclusively uses words of native (Germanic) origin, proscribing words of foreign (especially Latin, French, and Greek) origin.
    In Anglish, you would call a dictionary a wordbook.
    • 2017 March 25, Lili Bidwell, “Anglish: A Brexiteer’s lingua franca?”, in The Cambridge Student‎[1], archived from the original on 31 January 2021:
      Whilst you would be forgiven for thinking this statement comes straight from the latest UKIP manifesto, it is in fact a quotation from The Anglish Moot, a fan-page promoting the use of the 'Anglish' language — that is, English with all foreign borrowings stripped away.

Synonyms

  • Eldsay English

Adjective

Anglish (comparative more Anglish, superlative most Anglish)

  1. Of, in, or pertaining to this form of English.

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