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antephialtic

antephialtic adjective: acting against nightmares.

Adjective

antephialtic (not comparable)

  1. (rare) Acting against nightmares.

Origin of antephialtic

From anti- + ephialtes + -ic.

Questions about antephialtic

What does antephialtic mean?
Antephialtic means acting against nightmares.
What part of speech is antephialtic?
Antephialtic is an adjective.

Words near antephialtic in the dictionary

  1. antepenultimatum
  2. antepenultimatums
  3. antepenultime
  4. antepenults
  5. antepetalous
  6. antephialtic
  7. antepileptic
  8. antepileptics
  9. anteplacental
  10. anteport
  11. anteportico

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