| 单词 | aphetic |
| 例句 | Shortened by dropping a letter or a syllable from the beginning of a word; as, an aphetic word or form. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary 2012-03-24T02:00:23.513Z Bennet, an exorcist, and Collet, aphetic for acolyte. The Romance of Names The tender of a ship or of a locomotive is the attender, and taint is aphetic for attaint, Fr. atteinte, touch— "I will not poison thee with my attaint." The Romance of Words (4th ed.) The name Cotton is sometimes from the dative plural of the same word, though, when of French origin, it represents Colon, dim. of Cot, aphetic for Jacot. The Romance of Names Thus Bell may be for Fr. le bel or from a shop-sign, Collet a diminutive of Nicholas or an aphetic form of acolyte. The Romance of Words (4th ed.) We have it also, via Old French, in abet, whence the aphetic bet, originally to egg on. The Romance of Words (4th ed.) Sewer, an attendant at table, aphetic for Old Fr. asseour, a setter, is now a very rare name. The Romance of Names |
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