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
birdlore for ornithology evenglome for twilight goldhoard for treasure other for different wordbook for dictionary wordhoard for vocabulary waterstuff for hydrogen

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, 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.

Further reading

• linguistic purism in English on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• shaling, ashling, haglins, Singhal, halsing, lashing, Shangli, Ashling