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Definition of Aptotic
1. a. Pertaining to, or characterized by, aptotes; uninflected; as, aptotic languages.
Definition of Aptotic
1. Adjective. (context: grammar linguistics obsolete) Uninflected. ¹
2. Adjective. (biology rare) (spelling of incorrect apoptotic) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Aptotic
1. grammatically uninflected [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Aptotic
Literary usage of Aptotic
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. First Principles by Herbert Spencer (1892)
"From this " aptotic" form, there is clear evidence of a transition, by coalescence,
... From which the inference drawn is, that the " aptotic " languages, ..."
2. The Natural History of the Human Species: Its Typical Forms, Primeval by Charles Hamilton Smith, Samuel Kneeland (1855)
"... rarely agglutinate, never aptotic ; their influence on the history of the
world greater than either of the others, moral as well as material. ..."
3. The New American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by George Ripley (1859)
"... their languages are aptotic (without cases) and agglutinate, and their influence
on the history of the world has been material rather than moral. ..."
4. Chambers's Encyclopædia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for the People by Chambers, W. and R., publ (1876)
"... rarely agglutinate, never aptotic. Distribution, Europe. Influence on the
history of the world, greater than that of either the ..."
5. First principles of a new system of philosophy by Herbert Spencer (1876)
"From this " aptotic" form, there is clear evidence of a transition, by coalescence,
... From which the inference drawn is, that tho "aptotic" languages, ..."
6. The English Cyclopaedia by Charles Knight (1867)
"The languages of the people belonging to this variety are either characterised
by the absence of cases (aptotic), or having inflections, they can be shown ..."
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