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steenth
PRONUNCIATION:
(steenth)
MEANING:
adjective:
1. Latest in an indefinitely long sequence.
2. One sixteenth.
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Re: Steenth
by zberryz » 01:53 Wed 10 Mar 10
Sort of similar to the process by which contractions formed (can't, etc.), but at words' starts rather than endings--and dropping a letter or two rather than combining two words. Anywho...... Aphesis is when an unstressed sound from the beginning of a word get lost over time. Some other examples are:
"cute" from "acute"
"'tis" from "it is" ...
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