aphetic
/əˈfɛtɪk/
aphetic adjective: of, relating to, or formed by aphesis.
Adjective (1)
aphetic (not comparable)
- Of, relating to, or formed by aphesis.
- “’Pon” is an aphetic form of “upon”.
Adjective (2)
aphetic (not comparable)
- Of or relating to the apheta; life-giving.
Origin of aphetic
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἄφετος (áphetos), equivalent to aphesis + -tic.
From apheta + -ic.
Words formed from aphetic
Words that rhyme with aphetic
- sympathetic
- hermetic
- kinetic
- athletic
- genetic
- magnetic
- energetic
- pathetic
- syndetic
- aesthetic
- diabetic
- diaeretic
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- frenetic
- mimetic
- peripatetic
- planetic
- poetic
- tonetic
- abietic
- anesthetic
- anoetic
- anuretic
- apathetic
- ascetic
- auxetic
- cybernetic
- dietetic
- epithetic
- Helvetic
- parasympathetic
- parenthetic
- phyletic
- Sidetic
- splenetic
- synaeretic
- synizetic
- tabetic
- threnetic
- alexipyretic
- algetic
- alphabetic
- alphametic
- amuletic
- analgetic
- anchoretic
- anoretic
- aporetic
- archegetic
- asyndetic
- auletic
- autonoetic
- balletic
- Baphometic
- cardioparasympathetic
- cardiosympathetic
- cometic
- conspiracy-theoretic
- cynegetic
- diagenetic
- diakinetic
Questions about aphetic
- What does aphetic mean?
- Aphetic means of, relating to, or formed by aphesis.
- What part of speech is aphetic?
- Aphetic is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce aphetic?
- Aphetic is pronounced /əˈfɛtɪk/.
Words near aphetic in the dictionary
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