Definition of Epenthisis
||E*pen"the*sis (?), n.; pl.
Epentheses (#). [L., fr. Gr. &?;; 'epi`
+ &?; 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's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- (grammar): The insertion of a letter or syllable into a word.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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