"aphetic" meaning in English

See aphetic in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /əˈfɛtɪk/, /æˈfɛtɪk/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-aphetic.wav
Rhymes: -ɛtɪk Etymology: Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἄφετος (áphetos), equivalent to aphesis + -tic. Etymology templates: {{lbor|en|grc|ἄφετος}} Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἄφετος (áphetos), {{af|en|aphesis|-tic}} aphesis + -tic Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} aphetic (not comparable)
  1. (phonetics, linguistics, prosody) Of, relating to, or formed by aphesis. Tags: not-comparable Hypernyms: aphaeretic Derived forms: aphetically, aphetize Related terms: aphesis, aphetism
    Sense id: en-aphetic-en-adj-CNl~29zD Categories (other): Linguistics, Phonetics, Prosody, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ic, English terms suffixed with -tic, English terms with alpha privatives, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 47 53 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ic: 53 47 Disambiguation of English terms with alpha privatives: 47 53 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 45 55 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 45 55 Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, phonetics, phonology, prosody, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Adjective

IPA: /əˈfɛtɪk/, /æˈfɛtɪk/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-aphetic.wav
Rhymes: -ɛtɪk Etymology: From apheta + -ic. Etymology templates: {{af|en|apheta|-ic}} apheta + -ic Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} aphetic (not comparable)
  1. (astrology) Of or relating to the apheta; life-giving. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-aphetic-en-adj-o4EnA1N5 Categories (other): Astrology, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ic, English terms with alpha privatives, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 47 53 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ic: 53 47 Disambiguation of English terms with alpha privatives: 47 53 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 45 55 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 45 55 Topics: astrology, human-sciences, mysticism, philosophy, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2
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