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apto

Syllables: apt·oUK/ˈæpt.ə/

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New Zealand/ˈɛpt.ə/

apto is the clipping of aptophilia.

Meaning of aptophilia

Noun

aptophilia (uncountable)

  1. (slang) Attraction to the hypothetical utility or inconvenience (such as clumsiness) of unusual, nonhuman bodily traits.
    • What is Aptophilia? ¶ Like it when larger characters interact with smaller worlds? When serpentine lower halves have adorable repercussions? When a prehensile tail comes in handy around the kitchen? You might have it! ¶ I got bored and decided to try my hand at video essaying.2018 October 16, @Caudlewag, Twitter (post), archived from the original on 13 Oct 2021
    Synonyms:
    apto

Origin of apto

Clipping of aptophilia.

Questions about apto

What is apto the clipping of?
Apto is the clipping of aptophilia.
How do you pronounce apto?
Apto is pronounced /ˈæpt.ə/ (UK).

Words near apto in the dictionary

  1. aptitudinally
  2. aptly
  3. APTN
  4. aptness
  5. aptnesses
  6. apto
  7. aptocaine
  8. aptonym
  9. aptonymous
  10. aptonyms
  11. aptonymy

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Adapted from Wiktionary: apto (page history and authors); aptophilia (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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