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aphetic

/əˈfɛtɪk/ adjective

adjective Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about aphetic at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

  1. Produced by aphesis.

Origin

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

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