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anaptyxis Phonetics.|ænəpˈtɪksɪs|
[mod.L., a. Gr. ἀνάπτυξις unfolding.]
(See quot. 18951.) So anapˈtyctic, -ical adjs., pertaining to anaptyxis.
1885Athenæum 18 July 76/1 The irregular appearance of the anaptyctic vowel. 1895P. Giles Man. Compar. Philol. 169 Anaptyxis..the development of a vowel between two consonants. 1895Athenæum 14 Sept. 347/2 [‘Cycular’ is] formed from ‘cycle’ on the analogy of ‘circular’ from ‘circle’ (more correctly from circulus). The irregular anaptyxis cannot be defended on historical grounds. 1953Archivum Linguisticum V. 83 The introduction of an anaptyctic vowel next to H is a logical step where contiguous consonants in zero grade forms, including H, impede the speaker. 1955Sci. Amer. Aug. 79/3 The insertion of an extra vowel in the body of a word, giving rise to an additional syllable, is called ‘anaptyxis’. Note athaletic, ellum, fillum, siggunel,..and ‘he ran thataway’. |
