English Dictionary: Epentheses | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
d8Epenthesis \[d8]E*pen"the*sis\, n.; pl. {Epentheses}. [L., fr. Gr. [?]; 'epi` + [?] to put or set in.] (Gram.) The insertion of a letter or a sound in the body of a word; as, the b in [bd]nimble[b8] from AS. n[emac]mol. |