Orthography

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Orthography \Or*thog"ra*phy\, n. [OE. ortographie, OF.
     orthographie, L. orthographia, Gr. ?, fr. ? writing
     correctly; 'orqo`s right + gra`fein to write. See {Ortho-},
     and {Graphic}.]
     [1913 Webster]
     1. The art or practice of writing words with the proper


        letters, according to standard usage; conventionally
        correct spelling; also, mode of spelling; as, his
        orthography is vicious.
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              When spelling no longer follows the pronunciation,
              but is hardened into orthography.     --Earle.
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     2. The part of grammar which treats of the letters, and of
        the art of spelling words correctly.
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     3. A drawing in correct projection, especially an elevation
        or a vertical section.
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     4. The method of spelling the words of a particular language;
        the system of symbols used for writing a language.
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     5. The branch of linguistics concerned with how languages are
        written.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  orthography
       n : a method of representing the sounds of a language by written
           or printed symbols [syn: {writing system}]

From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]:

  ORTHOGRAPHY, n.  The science of spelling by the eye instead of the
  ear.  Advocated with more heat than light by the outmates of every
  asylum for the insane.  They have had to concede a few things since
  the time of Chaucer, but are none the less hot in defence of those to
  be conceded hereafter.
  
      A spelling reformer indicted
      For fudge was before the court cicted.
          The judge said:  "Enough --
          His candle we'll snough,
      And his sepulchre shall not be whicted."