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Definition of Iotacism
1. n. The frequent use of the sound of iota (that of English e in be), as among the modern Greeks; also, confusion from sounding ε, ι, η, υ, ει, etc., like ι.
Definition of Iotacism
1. Noun. Pronunciation of another vowel or diphthong as [i], or a vowel shift resulting in such pronunciation. ¹
2. Noun. A misspelling resulting from such pronunciation. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Iotacism
1. excessive use of the letter iota [n -S]
Medical Definition of Iotacism
1. A speech defect marked by the frequent substitution of a long e sound (that of the Greek iota) for other vowels. Origin: G. Iota, the letter &iota. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Iotacism
Literary usage of Iotacism
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1901)
"The tendency to iotacism is manifest in the riming of -01 with the Latin -i. ...
Gk. So , iotacism of «i (Kirc\\- hoff, 9541) ; thus, too, ..."
2. The Quarterly Review by William Gifford, John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, John Murray, Rowland Edmund Prothero Ernle, George Walter Prothero (1814)
"A "very considerable part of the faults which disfigure the manuscript copies of
Greek authors, is referable to the iotacism of the modern Greeks, ..."
3. Studies of the Northern Campus Martius in Ancient Rome by Robert E. A. Palmer (1990)
"stated that its genuineness was assured by details of its bad orthography,
especially iotacism, and that it had apparently been inscribed on a decorative ..."
4. The Montessori method: Scientific Pedagogy as Applied to Child Education in by Maria Montessori (1912)
"... maoism or imperfect pronunciation of g; iotacism, defective pronunciation of
the gutturals; ..."
5. The Cambridge Modern History by John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton Acton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Sir Adolphus William Ward, George Walter Prothero (1902)
"His protest was chiefly directed against the modern Greek "iotacism"; ie the
pronunciation of several different vowels and diphthongs with the same sound, ..."
6. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1901)
"The tendency to iotacism is manifest in the riming of -01 with the Latin -i. ...
Gk. So , iotacism of «i (Kirc\\- hoff, 9541) ; thus, too, ..."
7. The Quarterly Review by William Gifford, John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, John Murray, Rowland Edmund Prothero Ernle, George Walter Prothero (1814)
"A "very considerable part of the faults which disfigure the manuscript copies of
Greek authors, is referable to the iotacism of the modern Greeks, ..."
8. Studies of the Northern Campus Martius in Ancient Rome by Robert E. A. Palmer (1990)
"stated that its genuineness was assured by details of its bad orthography,
especially iotacism, and that it had apparently been inscribed on a decorative ..."
9. The Montessori method: Scientific Pedagogy as Applied to Child Education in by Maria Montessori (1912)
"... maoism or imperfect pronunciation of g; iotacism, defective pronunciation of
the gutturals; ..."
10. The Cambridge Modern History by John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton Acton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Sir Adolphus William Ward, George Walter Prothero (1902)
"His protest was chiefly directed against the modern Greek "iotacism"; ie the
pronunciation of several different vowels and diphthongs with the same sound, ..."
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