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)
Derived terms
Translations
pertaining to anaptyxis
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References
- ^ “anaptyctic, adj.”, in OED Online , Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.