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anaptyxis

American  
[an-uhp-tik-sis, an-ap-] / ˌæn əpˈtɪk sɪs, ˌæn æp- /

noun

PLURAL

anaptyxes

  1. epenthesis of a vowel.

anaptyxis British  
/ ˌænæpˈtɪktɪk, ˌænæpˈtɪksɪs /

noun

  1. the insertion of a short vowel between consonants in order to make a word more easily pronounceable

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Other Word Forms

  • anaptyctic adjective
  • anaptyctical adjective

Etymology

Origin of anaptyxis

1880–85; < New Latin < Greek, equivalent to anaptyk- (stem of anaptýssein to unfold, equivalent to ana- ana- + ptýssein to fold) + -sis -sis

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