anaptotic

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀνάπτωσις (anáptōsis, “falling back”), in reference to πτῶσις (ptôsis, “grammatical case”).

Adjective

anaptotic (not comparable)

1. (linguistics, archaic) Having lost, or tending to lose, inflections by phonetic decay; uninflected

   anaptotic languages

References

• “anaptotic”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• captation