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Word: Aphaeretic
Speech Type: Adjective
late 19th century; earliest use found in The Century Dictionary. From post-classical Latin aphaereticus or its etymon Hellenistic Greek ἀϕαιρετικός fit for taking away (in both linguistic and medical uses) from ancient Greek ἀϕαιρετός to be taken away, separable (from ἀϕαιρεῖν to take away, remove + -τός, suffix forming verbal adjectives) + -ικός
Of, relating to, or involving aphaeresis.
- apheretic
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