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anaptyxis
anaptyxis (ˌænæpˈtɪksɪs) n, pl -tyxes (-ˈtɪksiːz) (Phonetics & Phonology) the insertion of a short vowel between consonants in order to make a word more easily pronounceable[C19: via New Latin from Greek anaptuxis, from anaptussein to unfold, from ana- + ptussein to fold] anaptyctic, ˌanapˈtyctical adjThesaurusSeeepenthesis |