单词 | aphetic |
释义 | aphetic (once / 223006 pages) adj WORD FAMILY aphetic USAGE EXAMPLESShortened by dropping a letter or a syllable from the beginning of a word; as, an aphetic word or form. Webster, Noah, Webster's Unabridged Dictionary(2012) Sewer, an attendant at table, aphetic for Old Fr. asseour, a setter, is now a very rare name. Weekley, Ernest, The Romance of Names(2010) We have it also, via Old French, in abet, whence the aphetic bet, originally to egg on. Weekley, Ernest, The Romance of Words (4th ed.)(2010) adj produced by aphesis |
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