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epenthetic
e·pen·the·sis E0172400 (ĭ-pĕn′thĭ-sĭs)n. pl. e·pen·the·ses (-sēz′) The insertion of a sound in the middle of a word, as in Middle English thunder from Old English thunor.
[Late Latin, from Greek, from epentithenai, to insert : ep-, epi-, epi- + en-, in; see en-2 + tithenai, to place; see dhē- in Indo-European roots.]
ep′en·thet′ic (ĕp′ĭn-thĕt′ĭk) adj.Thesaurus| Adj. | 1. | epenthetic - of or pertaining to epenthesisparasitic |
Translationsepenthetic
Synonyms for epentheticadj of or pertaining to epenthesisSynonyms |