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aphetisms

aphetisms is the plural of aphetism.

Meaning of aphetism

Noun

aphetism (countable and uncountable, plural aphetisms)

  1. The aphetized form of a word, i.e. a word which has dropped its initial vowel or syllable, such as squire or vanguard.
  2. Aphesis.

Questions about aphetisms

What is aphetisms the plural of?
Aphetisms is the plural of aphetism.

Words near aphetisms in the dictionary

  1. aphetas
  2. aphetic
  3. aphetically
  4. aphetise
  5. aphetism
  6. aphetisms
  7. aphetize
  8. aphetized
  9. aphetizes
  10. aphetizing
  11. aphicidal

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Adapted from Wiktionary: aphetisms (page history and authors); aphetism (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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