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Syme is one of Winstonâs âfriendsâ he is a philologist, who specializes in Newspeak. He is on a team of people working on the eleventh edition of the newspeak dictionary. I think he is decribed as venomously orthodox, because he is just a person who could have a lot of passion towards something, but big brother has made everything all about him and now Syme only cares about Newspeak and the party.
Syme's amputation: Syme's amputation is the surgical removal of the foot due to serious disease or injury.