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Diphthong   /dˈɪpθɔŋ/   Listen
Diphthong

noun
1.
A vowel sound that starts near the articulatory position for one vowel and moves toward the position for another.



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"Diphthong" Quotes from Famous Books



... hundred and five to forty-three bishops. The Greek word, which was chosen to express this mysterious resemblance, bears so close an affinity to the orthodox symbol, that the profane of every age have derided the furious contests which the difference of a single diphthong excited between the Homoousians and the Homoiousians. As it frequently happens, that the sounds and characters which approach the nearest to each other accidentally represent the most opposite ideas, the observation would be itself ridiculous, ...
— The History of The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire - Volume 2 • Edward Gibbon
... going to tell how disconcerting it was to William to serve people who were apparently religious and worldly-minded at the same time. He could not reconcile this kind of diphthong living with his notions of piety. At least their sins lay ...
— A Circuit Rider's Wife • Corra Harris


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