The loss of an initial, usually unstressed vowel, as in cute from acute.
[Greek, a release, from aphīenai, aphe-, to let go : apo-, apo- + hīenai, to send; see diesis.]
aphetic a·phet'ic (ə-fĕt'ĭk) adj.aphetically a·phet'i·cal·ly adv.
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[Greek, a release, from aphīenai, aphe-, to let go : apo-, apo- + hīenai, to send; see diesis.]
aphetic a·phet'ic (ə-fĕt'ĭk) adj.| Poetry Glossary: Aphesis |
A form of aphæresis in which the syllable omitted is short and unaccented, as in round for around.
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The noun has one meaning:
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the gradual disappearance of an initial (usually unstressed) vowel or syllable as in `squire' for `esquire'
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In phonetics, aphaeresis (pronounced /əˈfɪərɨsɪs/, from Greek apo away, hairein to take), also known as aphesis (pronounced /ˈæfɨsɪs/, from Greek apo away, hienai to send), is the loss of one or more sounds from the beginning of a word, especially the loss of an unstressed vowel.
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In historical phonetics, the term "aphaeresis" is often but not always limited to the loss of an unstressed vowel. (The Oxford English Dictionary gives this particular kind of aphaeresis the name aphesis /ˈæfɨsɪs/.)
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