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aphetic

Variant of aphesis

noun

loss of a short unaccented vowel at the beginning of a word, a form of apheresis (Ex.: squire for esquire)

Origin: ModL < Gr, a letting go < apo- from + hienai, to send: see jet

Related Forms:

aphetic adjective
aphetically adverb

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