English Explanatory Dictionary

-leptic

English dictionary entry

Meanings

suffix
  1. Of or relating to a condition of seizing, as in nympholeptic.
  2. A person who is afflicted with a condition prone to cause violent seizures, as in epileptic.
  3. Describing a coordination compound having some type(s) of ligand.

Pronunciation

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Word forms

-leptic

Etymology

From Ancient Greek λῆψις (lêpsis, “taking hold, seizing”) + -ic, as in Ancient Greek ληπτικός (lēptikós).

Related words

-lepsy

Derived words

epileptic organoleptic narcoleptic neuroleptic
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