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anaptyctic

/ænəpˈtɪktək/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
anap-tyc-tic
IPA
/ænəpˈtɪktək/
19
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of or pertaining to anaptyxis; of a vowel having been inserted into a word.

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).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: anaptycticus, ἀνάπτυκτος

Derived Forms

anaptyctical anaptyctically

Questions

How do you pronounce anaptyctic?
The recorded pronunciation is /ænəpˈtɪktək/.
What does anaptyctic mean?
Of or pertaining to anaptyxis; of a vowel having been inserted into a word.
Where does anaptyctic come from?
It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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