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vocalic, a.|vəʊˈkælɪk|
[f. vocal a. + -ic. Cf. F. vocalique.]
1. Rich in vowels; composed mainly or entirely of vowels.
1814Scott Wav. xxii, The Gaelic language being uncommonly vocalic is well adapted for sudden and extemporaneous poetry. 1846Grote Greece i. xvi. I. 473 Its richness, its flexibility and capacity of new combinations, its vocalic abundance and metrical pronunciation. 1859Patteson in Miss Yonge Life (1874) I. 439 Their language is all vocalic and so easy to put into writing.
b. Characterized by a vowel or vowels.
1874Sayce Compar. Philol. ii. 92 The varying vocalic forms of the Imperfect [tense]. 1887A. S. Cook Sievers' O.E. Gram. 129 Vocalic or strong declension.
2. Consisting of a vowel or vowels; of the nature of a vowel.
1852in Jrnl. Ethnol. Soc. (1854) III. 264 The series of vocalic and consonantal sounds. 1868G. Stephens Runic Mon. I. 25 The sing. accusative ending in a vowel or a vocalic consonant. 1874A. B. Davidson Introd. Hebr. Gram. 101 Sometimes the vocalic termination is written with yod. 1891A. L. Mayhew O.E. Phonology 19 In final unaccented syllables e was developed from a vocalic liquid or nasal.
3. Of or pertaining to, affecting or concerning, a vowel or vowels.
1861Graham Eng. Word-Bk. Introd., In words of Gothic origin we more frequently find that internal vocalic and consonantal changes are employed to produce the new word. 1876T. Le M. Douse Grimm's Law 171 Of the corresponding vocalic affections, the palatal..is as much European as Aryan. 1876Blackie Lang. & Lit. Scot. Highl. i. 63 No man with an ear will deny vocalic depth..to the following lines. |