† heteric, a. Obs.
(ˈhɛtərɪk)
[f. Gr. ἕτερ-ος other, different + -ic.]
Applied by some phonetists to non-phonetic spelling, in which different symbols are used for the same sound, and different sounds expressed by the same symbol, as in current English. So heterically adv., hetericism, hetericist.
| 1848 A. J. Ellis Plea Phonetic Spelling (ed. 2), Hetericism is a bar to eduction. 1849 Fraser's Mag. XL. 418 This they call Phonetic spelling; the old system is branded as the Heteric. Ibid. 419 Mr. Ellis is particularly severe on such a piece of hetericism. Ibid. 423 The hetericist still faithful to his allegiance. Ibid. 424 Does Mr. Ellis intend that people should begin by writing one word in a thousand phonetically, and the rest heterically? |