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anaptyxis
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anaptyxis [ˌænæpˈtɪksɪs]
n pl -tyxes [-ˈtɪksiːz]
(Linguistics / Phonetics & Phonology) the insertion of a short vowel between consonants in order to make a word more easily pronounceable
[via New Latin from Greek anaptuxis, from anaptussein to unfold, from ana- + ptussein to fold]
anaptyctic  [ˌænæpˈtɪktɪk], anaptyctical adj
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As an alternative to full transposition, Northumbrian spellings sometimes show an anaptyctic vowel that breaks up the sequence /rx/ (also in early texts: beree(h)t 'bright', uyrihta 'maker').
A Shibboleth upon their tongues: early English /r/ revisited by Gasiorowski, Piotr / Studia Anglica Posnaniensia: international review of English Studies
 
 
 
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