Meanings
- A puristic style of English that exclusively uses words of native (Germanic) origin, proscribing words of foreign (especially Latin, French, and Greek) origin.
In Anglish, you would call a dictionary a wordbook.
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Whilst you would be forgiven for thinking this statement comes straight from the latest UKIP manifesto, it is in fact a quotation from The Anglish Moot, a fan-page promoting the use of the 'Anglish' language — that is, English with all foreign borrowings stripped away.
2017 March 25, Lili Bidwell, “Anglish: A Brexiteer’s lingua franca?”, in The Cambridge Student, archived from the original on 31 Jan 2021Synonyms: ^((please verify)) Anglo-Saxon English, ^((please verify)) Eldsay English, ^((please verify)) Saxon English · Antonyms: Anglese[Romance language]]>
- not comparableOf, in, or pertaining to this form of English.
Synonyms & antonyms
proper nounA puristic style of English that exclusively uses words of native (Germanic) origin, proscribing words of foreign (especially Latin, French, and Greek) origin.
Origin
- Old EnglishEngl(e)
- EnglishAnglish
Coined by British author Paul Jennings in 1966 from Angl(e) + -ish, from Old English Engl(e) + -isċ, as a jocular name in the British magazine Punch. Doublet of English.
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German Anglisch
- Anglischpuristic style of English
Hindi एंग्लिश
- एंग्लिश (eṅgliś)puristic style of English
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Cite this entry
Anglish. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Anglish
“Anglish.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Anglish. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Anglish,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Anglish.
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