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aphetic

/uh-fet-ik/US // əˈfɛt ɪk //

凋谢,审美,凋零,凋谢的

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1

    Historical Linguistics.

    • : pertaining to or due to aphesis.

Examples

  • For limner we find in the 15th century lumner and luminour, which is aphetic for alluminour, or enlumineur.

  • The name Turney, well known in Nottingham, is from the town of Tournay, or is aphetic for attorney.

  • The tender of a ship or of a locomotive is the attender, and taint is aphetic for attaint, Fr.