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Definition of Aphetic
1. Adjective. Produced by aphesis.
Definition of Aphetic
1. a. Shortened by dropping a letter or a syllable from the beginning of a word; as, an aphetic word or form.
Definition of Aphetic
1. Adjective. (linguistics) Of, relating to, or formed by aphesis. ¹
2. Adjective. (astrology) Of or relating to the apheta; life-giving. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Aphetic
1. aphesis [adj] - See also: aphesis
Lexicographical Neighbors of Aphetic
Literary usage of Aphetic
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Middle English Charters of Christ by Mary Caroline Spalding (1914)
"[appar. an aphetic form of OE. gehende], courteously, kindly, gently. ...
noun [aphetic from OFr. escrit], a writing, written document. ..."
2. The Quarterly Review by John Gibson Lockhart, George Walter Prothero, William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, Baron Rowland Edmund Prothero Ernle, Sir William Smith (1907)
"... rude,' an aphetic form of audacious, used thus—' of all the ... diseased,' an
aphetic form of epidemic; brown-kitus, or brown-titus, ' bronchitis,' an ..."
3. The Quarterly Review by William Gifford, George Walter Prothero, John Gibson Lockhart, John Murray, Whitwell Elwin, John Taylor Coleridge, Rowland Edmund Prothero Ernle, William Macpherson, William Smith (1907)
"... impudent, rade,' an aphetic form of audacious, used thus—'of all the ...
diseased,' an aphetic form of epidemic ; brown-kitus, or brown-titus, ..."
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