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单词 anaptyxis
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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
an•ap•tyx•is  (an′əp tiksis, an′ap-),USA pronunciation n., pl. -tyx•es 
    (-tiksēz).USA pronunciation 
  1. Linguisticsepenthesis of a vowel.
  • Greek, equivalent. to anaptyk- (stem of anaptýssein to unfold, equivalent. to ana- ana- + ptýssein to fold) + -sis -sis
  • Neo-Latin
  • 1880–85;
an•ap•tyc•tic  (an′əp tiktik, an′ap-),USA pronunciation an′ap•tycti•cal, adj. 
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
anaptyxis /ˌænæpˈtɪksɪs/ n ( pl -tyxes / -ˈtɪksiːz/)
  1. the insertion of a short vowel between consonants in order to make a word more easily pronounceable
Etymology: 19th Century: via New Latin from Greek anaptuxis, from anaptussein to unfold, from ana- + ptussein to fold
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