anaptyctic en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ænəpˈtɪktək/
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).
Meanings
- (not-comparable) Of or pertaining to anaptyxis; of a vowel having been inserted into a word.
Deriveds
Translations (3)
pt anaptíctico (pertaining to anaptyxis) · pl epentetyczny (pertaining to anaptyxis) · pt anaptítico (pertaining to anaptyxis)