aphetic

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /əˈfɛtɪk/, /æˈfɛtɪk/
  • Audio (Southern England); /ə-/:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛtɪk

Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἄφετος (áphetos),[1] equivalent to aphesis +‎ -tic.

Adjective

aphetic (not comparable)

  1. (phonetics, linguistics, prosody) Of, relating to, or formed by aphesis.
    Hypernym: aphaeretic
    “’Pon” is an aphetic form of “upon”.
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Etymology 2

From apheta +‎ -ic.[2]

Adjective

aphetic (not comparable)

  1. (astrology) Of or relating to the apheta; life-giving.

References

  1. ^ “aphetic (phonology)”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
  2. ^ “aphetic (astrology)”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

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