Relating to or characterized by anaptyxis; involving the insertion of a vowel sound to ease pronunciation.
From anaptyxis, Greek ana- (back, again) + ptyx- (fold); the linguistic term describes how languages add vowels to break up consonant clusters.
When English speakers say 'ath-a-lete' instead of 'athlete,' that's anaptyctic—we're unconsciously doing what ancient languages did routinely to make words easier to pronounce.
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