metatheticadj.

Brit.

/ˌmɛtəˈθɛtɪk/, U.S.

/ˌmɛdəˈθɛdɪk/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: meta- prefix, -thetic comb. form.

Etymology: < meta- prefix + -thetic comb. form, after metathesis n. Compare Byzantine Greek μεταθετικός transferable. Compare French métathétique (1878) and metathetical adj. Compare also earlier antimetathetic adj.

Characterized by or involving metathesis, spec. linguistic metathesis. Cf. also metathetical adj.

ΚΠ

1855 J. Ogilvie Suppl. Imperial Dict. Metathetic, Metathetical, relating to, or containing transposition.

1894 Mod. Lang. Notes 9 47 In Bas-limousin we have patarinage=tapage, certainly a form most close in metathetic character and in meaning to the transposition we are attempting to establish.

1917 Amer. Naturalist 51 335 Reactions between two or more molecular groups, whether synthetic or metathetic, should be influenced by all three factors.

1955 Sci. Amer. Aug. 81/1 In a class by itself is excape, with a metathetic k before the s and another k after it.

1994 Jrnl. Hearing & Speech Res. 37 46 The purpose of this study was to determine..whether speech naturalness judgments of stutterers and nonstutterers from audiovisual recordings form a prothetic or a metathetic continuum.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	metathetic
释义	metatheticadj. Brit. /ˌmɛtəˈθɛtɪk/, U.S. /ˌmɛdəˈθɛdɪk/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: meta- prefix, -thetic comb. form. Etymology: < meta- prefix + -thetic comb. form, after metathesis n. Compare Byzantine Greek μεταθετικός transferable. Compare French métathétique (1878) and metathetical adj. Compare also earlier antimetathetic adj. Characterized by or involving metathesis, spec. linguistic metathesis. Cf. also metathetical adj. ΚΠ 1855 J. Ogilvie Suppl. Imperial Dict. Metathetic, Metathetical, relating to, or containing transposition. 1894 Mod. Lang. Notes 9 47 In Bas-limousin we have patarinage=tapage, certainly a form most close in metathetic character and in meaning to the transposition we are attempting to establish. 1917 Amer. Naturalist 51 335 Reactions between two or more molecular groups, whether synthetic or metathetic, should be influenced by all three factors. 1955 Sci. Amer. Aug. 81/1 In a class by itself is excape, with a metathetic k before the s and another k after it. 1994 Jrnl. Hearing & Speech Res. 37 46 The purpose of this study was to determine..whether speech naturalness judgments of stutterers and nonstutterers from audiovisual recordings form a prothetic or a metathetic continuum. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1855
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