anaptyctical
əpˈtɪk
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anaptyxis (ˌænæpˈtɪksɪs) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n , pl -tyxes | |
| the insertion of a short vowel between consonants in order to make a word more easily pronounceable | |
| [C19: via New Latin from Greek anaptuxis, from anaptussein to unfold, from | |
| anaptyctic | |
| —adj | |
| anap'tyctical | |
| —adj | |
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| anaptyxis (ˌænæpˈtɪksɪs) | |
| —n , pl -tyxes | |
| the insertion of a short vowel between consonants in order to make a word more easily pronounceable | |
| [C19: via New Latin from Greek anaptuxis, from anaptussein to unfold, from | |
| anaptyctic | |
| —adj | |
| anap'tyctical | |
| —adj | |
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