aptotic

English

Etymology 1

aptote +‎ -ic

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /æpˈtɒtɪk/

Adjective

aptotic (comparative more aptotic, superlative most aptotic)

  1. (grammar, linguistics, now rare) Uninflected.
    • 2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage 2007, p. 282:
      To become as they'd say out here aptotic, uninflected, unable, sometimes, to tell subject from object.

Etymology 2

Haplology of apoptotic.

Adjective

aptotic (comparative more aptotic, superlative most aptotic)

  1. (biology, rare) Misspelling of apoptotic.
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