Nomic

Origin

Ancient Greek , from a word meaning "law, custom".

Full definition of nomic

Adjective

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 LanguagesThe 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.