anaptyctic

English

Etymology

From New Latin anaptycticus, from Ancient Greek ἀνάπτυκτος (anáptuktos, that may be opened) + -icus (adjectival suffix), from ἀνα- (ana-, up; again; back) + πτυκτός (ptuktós, folded), from the stem of πτύσσω (ptússō, to fold) + τός (tós, suffix forming verbal adjectives).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ænəpˈtɪktək/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)

Adjective

anaptyctic (not comparable)

  1. (phonology) Of or pertaining to anaptyxis; of a vowel having been inserted into a word.

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References

  1. ^ anaptyctic, adj.”, in OED Online , Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.