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| an·a·ptyx·is [ ànnəp tíksiss, ànap tíksiss ] |
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insertion of vowel: the insertion of a weak vowel sound between two consonants in order to make a word or phrase easier to pronounce. Saying "go thataway" rather than "go that way" is an example of anaptyxis.
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| [Late 19th century. Via modern Latin< Greek anaptuxis "an unfolding" < anaptussein "unfold" < ptussein "fold"] |
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