transpositional

English

Etymology

transposition +‎ -al

Adjective

transpositional (not comparable)

Pertaining to, or involving, transposition.
- 1803, Samuel Pegge, Anecdotes of the English Language; chiefly regarding the Local Dialect of London and its Environs:
  […] the most striking and most offensive error in pronunciation among the Londoners, I confess, lies in the transpositional use of the letters W, and V […] .

References

“transpositional”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

pronationalists

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