Websterism
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]Websterism (plural Websterisms)
- (dated) An orthographic convention due to Noah Webster (1758-1843), American lexicographer and spelling reformer.
- 1860, The North American Review:
- Again, the spelling of such words as "center" and "traveler" is not an Americanism, though to be found in a few American books, but a Websterism […]
- 1881, Isaac Pitman, Pitman's Journal of Commercial Education:
- […] this improvement will no longer figure as an Americanism or a Websterism.