diphthongic
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English
Etymology
Adjective
diphthongic (not comparable)
- Of the nature of diphthong; diphthongal.
- 1874, Henry Sweet, A History of English Sounds from the Earliest Period:
- The old-diphthongic ou was sharply distinguished from the new-diphthongic ou
References
“diphthongic”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.