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assibilate

as·si·bi·late

uncommon

verb

1.

insert a sibilant sound before or after (another sound)

2.

change into a sibilant

  • “In the syllable /si/, the /s/ sibilates in Japanese”

Origin

From Latin assībilātus (“murmured, whispered at, hissed”), past participle of assībilō (“hiss at”, verb), from ad (“at”) + sībilō (“hiss”, verb), from sībilus (“a hissing, whistling”), of imitative origin.

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