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An⋅glic

  [ang-glik]
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–noun
1. the English language in a simplified spelling devised by R. E. Zachrisson (1880–1937), a Swedish philologist, to make English easier to use as an auxiliary language. About 40 of the most frequent words are kept in their usual spellings; the rest of the vocabulary is spelled phonetically with letters of the traditional 26-letter alphabet.
–adjective
2. Anglian (def. 1).
Origin:
1865–70; < ML Anglicus English, equiv. to LL Angl(us) Angle, Germanic-speaking inhabitant of Britain (L Angliī a continental tribe mentioned by Tacitus; cf. Angle ) + -icus -ic
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An⋅gli⋅an

  [ang-glee-uhn]
–adjective
1. Also, Anglic. of or relating to the Angles or to East Anglia.
–noun
2. an Angle.
3. the northern and central group of Old English dialects, spoken in Northumbria and Mercia.
Origin:
1720–30; Angli(a) + -an
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Anglian 
"of the Angles," 1726; see Angle. The O.E. word was Englisc, but as this came to be used in ref. to the whole Gmc. people of Britain, a new word was wanted to describe this one branch of them.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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