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reformed spelling

noun

Definition of REFORMED SPELLING

:  any of several methods of spelling English words that use letters with more phonetic consistency than conventional spelling and that usually discard some silent letters (as in pedagog for pedagogue)
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First Known Use of REFORMED SPELLING

1879

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