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.
Origin: 1865–70; <
Medieval Latin Anglicus English, equivalent to
Late Latin Angl(
us) Angle, Germanic-speaking inhabitant of Britain (
Latin Angliī a continental tribe mentioned by Tacitus; cf.
Angle) +
-icus -ic