nomic
adjEtymology From Ancient Greek νομικός (nomikós, “relating to laws”), from νόμος (nómos, “law, custom”).
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Dated Customary; ordinary; applied to the usual spelling of a language, in distinction from strictly phonetic methods.
- The first and most obvious objection brought against the use of a phonetic notation in teaching a foreign language is the danger of confusion between the phonetic and the nomic spelling of the language.1899, Henry Sweet, The Practical Study of Languages:
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Human sciences, Philosophy, Sciences Relating to a law.
- Derived terms
- nomically