aphetic
/uh-fet-ik/US // əˈfɛt ɪk //
凋谢,审美,凋零,凋谢的
Definitions
adj.形容词 adjective
- 1
Historical Linguistics.
- : pertaining to or due to aphesis.
Examples
For limner we find in the 15th century lumner and luminour, which is aphetic for alluminour, or enlumineur.
The name Turney, well known in Nottingham, is from the town of Tournay, or is aphetic for attorney.
The tender of a ship or of a locomotive is the attender, and taint is aphetic for attaint, Fr.
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