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anglish

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It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.

Scrabble points
11
Words With Friends
13
Letters
7
Pronunciation
/ˈænɡlɪʃ/
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/ˈænɡlɪʃ/ · /ˈænɡləʃ/

Definition of anglish

2 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

name

  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.”
    “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.”
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name

  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.”
    “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.”

adj

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

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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. Doublet of English.

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