anaptotic

== English == === Etymology === From Ancient Greek ἀνάπτωσις (anáptōsis, “falling back”), in reference to πτῶσις (ptôsis, “grammatical case”). === Pronunciation === (General American) IPA(key): /ˌæn.əpˈtɑt.ɪk/ === Adjective === anaptotic (not comparable) (linguistics, archaic) Having lost, or tending to lose, inflections by phonetic decay; uninflected === References === “anaptotic”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. === Anagrams === captation