anaptotic

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anaptotic - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Anaptotic \An`ap*tot"ic\, a. [Gr. 'ana` back + ptwtiko`s
     belonging to case.]
     Having lost, or tending to lose, inflections by phonetic
     decay; as, anaptotic languages.
     [1913 Webster]