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Webster 1913 Edition

Epenthesis

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E-pen′the-sis

,

Noun.

;

pl.

Epentheses

(#)

.

[L., fr. Gr. [GREEK];

ἐπί

+ [GREEK] to put or set in.]

(Gram.)

The insertion of a letter or a sound in the body of a word;

as, the

b

in “nimble” from AS.

nēmol

.

Webster 1828 Edition

Epenthesis

EPEN'THESIS