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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A constructed language introduced in 1930 by British linguist Charles Kay Ogden (1889–1957), using a simplified form of the basic grammar and core vocabulary of English.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a simplified form of English proposed for use as an auxiliary language for international communication; devised by C. K. Ogden and I. A. Richards
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