Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. In phonetics, the involuntary utterance of an auxiliary vowel, especially before r, l, m, and n, in certain positions, as in lucre, able, chasm, etc.
Wiktionary
Etymologies
- From Ancient Greek ἀνάπτυξις. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“I might also be interested to find out that vowel insertion is widespread enough in the world's languages to have a name, epenthesis also called anaptyxis.”
“The extra vowel use has a word for itself, anaptyxis.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘anaptyxis’.
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Logolepsy
"Luciferous Logolepsy is a collection of over 9,000 obscure English words. Though the definition of an 'English' word might seem to be straightforward, it is not. There exist so many adopted, deriv...
Anschauung, Areopagus, Argus, Briarean, Dei gratia, Dei judicium, Deo volente, Duecento, Foehn, Geflugelte Worte, Gegenschein, Hakenkreuz and 9230 more...
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apt
apt, rapt, inapt, leapt, aptitude, chapter, capture, rapture, velociraptor, captivate, captious, caption and 77 more...
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Fun-Sounding Words
oscillation, elation, axolotl, saleratus, tmesis, epeolatry, trothplight, just for fun, nyctalgia, hendiadys, anaptyxis, haplology and 5 more...
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5-0
Hecko, words! I’m so happy I’ve found you. I want to keep you all and never want to lose you again. I hope you like it here.
amscray, thistledown, tine, tinsel, pungent, snarl, wail, lanky, viscid, dawdle, luminous, stow and 2719 more...
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rememberers
prolix, ageusia, animadversion, anodyne, antic, arabesque, beadle, brachymetropia, colophon, desquamation, diaphoresis, diegesis and 3250 more...
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The Pleonastic Athenaeum of Counter-D...
fuligin, ineffable, atramentous, atrament, oneiromancy, thaumaturgy, lachrymose, athenaeum, daedal, mammothrept, anaimosarke, psilanthropy and 38 more...
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Rem'brance
Keepin' track.
aporia, jean-claude gosh ..., anaptyxis, kelemenopy, gnomon, cooee, simpatico, fakelore, acapnotic, tyro, dizzard, eccedentesiast
Tweets
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rolig "British we estay!" – hilarious, johnmperry! Thanks! Jun 16, 2008
johnmperry Chinese do this a lot, because they can't handle character strings. Maybe others do too. I'm reminded of a protest march Gibraltar once, where a banner read "British we are and British we estay". Jun 16, 2008
Prolagus A synonym is svarabhakti - and interestingly, it has no svarabhakti as well. Jun 12, 2008
chained_bear This would be the word for people mispronouncing realtor, I suppose. *grumbles* Apr 2, 2008
bilby There was a famous incident - for Australians, anyway - when Juan Antonio Samaranch, then president of the IOC, announced that in awarding host city rights for the 2000 Olympic Games, "The winner is ... Syd-e-ney." The clip was played endlessly of course in Sydney and elsewhere over the following weeks, to the point where people came to notice the extra vowel in the pronunciation. There was even speculation that his name was probably Samranch and he just couldn't say it properly :-> Apr 2, 2008
seanahan Interesting, I hadn't heard this one before, but I have noticed the vowel insertion many times. Apr 2, 2008
reesetee I'm hoping that was intended as a joke. Although not an especially funny one. Mar 31, 2008
bilby Excuse me? Mar 31, 2008
hierophant Yes, bunch of boyf***ing bastards. Mar 31, 2008
Prolagus It's exciting Greeks didn't use anaptyxis for anaptyxis itself. Mar 31, 2008
hierophant 'insertion of a vowel between two consonants for ease of pronunciation' Mar 31, 2008