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metathetic

metathetic adjective: exhibiting metathesis.

Adjective

metathetic (not comparable)

  1. Exhibiting metathesis.
    Synonyms:
    metathetical

Synonyms of metathetic

Words formed from metathetic

Questions about metathetic

What does metathetic mean?
Metathetic means exhibiting metathesis.
What part of speech is metathetic?
Metathetic is an adjective.

Words near metathetic in the dictionary

  1. metathesising
  2. metathesize
  3. metathesized
  4. metathesizes
  5. metathesizing
  6. metathetic
  7. metathetical
  8. metathetically
  9. metathetize
  10. metathetized
  11. metathetizes

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