anatectic

adjective

an·​a·​tec·​tic

¦anə¦tektik

: of or relating to anatexis

Word History

Etymology

from New Latin anatexis, after such pairs as Late Latin syntaxis syntax: English syntactic

First Known Use

1907, in the meaning defined above

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