Anaptyctic

//ænəpˈtɪktək// adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Of or pertaining to anaptyxis; of a vowel having been inserted into a word. not-comparable

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).

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