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Aphesis

nounverified·updated May 18, 2026

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the gradual disappearance of an initial (usually unstressed) vowel or syllable as in `squire' for `esquire'

Classifications

per-axis with provenance

Entity Type

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Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

3 surface forms

plural: Aphesises
possessive: Aphesis's
pluralpossessive: Aphesises'

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