ANAPTOTIC


Meaning of ANAPTOTIC in English

/an'euhp tot"ik/ , adj. Archaic.

(of languages) tending to become uninflected, in accordance with a theory that languages evolve from uninflected to inflected and back.

[ 1840-50; AN- 3 + aptote ( áptoton, n. use of neut. of áptotos uninflected, not falling, equiv. to a- A- 6 + ptotós falling, verbid of píptein to fall) + -IC ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .