Crossword-Solution: EPENTHESIS
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Epenthesis | n. | The insertion of a letter or a sound in the body of a word; as, the b in "nimble" from AS. n/mol. |
We have 1 clue for the answer “EPENTHESIS”
| Clue | Answers |
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| the insertion of an extra sound into a word, eg fillum for film | 1 answer |
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Hint 1 meaning
To boil with a continued bubbling or heaving and
rolling, with noise.
Hint 2 anagram
LLWAOP
Hint 3 another clue
BATTER ___
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Sentences with EPENTHESIS (4)
This, by an aphaeresis of tau and an epenthesis of omicron in two places, may be identified with echonoe, and signifies “that which has mind.” “A very poor etymology.” Yes; but you must remember that all language is in process of change; letters are taken in and put out for the sake of euphony, and time is also a great alterer of words.
APHESIS Among phonetic changes which occur with more or less regularity are those called aphesis, epenthesis, epithesis, assimilation, dissimilation, and metathesis, convenient terms which are less learned than they appear.
Some of these arise from the umlaut or epenthesis which is so prevalent, and which we have already seen in _airya_- as compared with the Skt.
The back-action of these matra-vowels is technically known as _umlaut_ or "epenthesis," and is the most striking feature of the Kashmiri language, the structure of which is unintelligible without a thorough knowledge of the system.