nomic

See also: Nomic

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek νομικός (nomikós, “relating to laws”), from νόμος (nómos, “law, custom”).

Adjective

nomic (not comparable)

  1. (dated) customary; ordinary; applied to the usual spelling of a language, in distinction from strictly phonetic methods.
    • 1899, Henry Sweet, The Practical Study of Languages
      The first and most obvious objection brought against the use of a phonetic notation in teaching a foreign language is the danger of confusion between the phonetic and the nomic spelling of the language.
  2. (sciences) Relating to a law

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