Meanings
adjectiveacrostatic (not comparable)
- not comparablehuman sciencesIn Proto-Indo-European athematic nominals, having a specific pattern of ablaut in which the accent is placed on the root syllable in all cases.
The Proto-Indo-European word for ‘night’ was acrostatic: nominative singular *nókʷ-t-s, genitive *nékʷ-t-s.
Synonyms: acrodynamic
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveIn Proto-Indo-European athematic nominals, having a specific pattern of ablaut in which the accent is placed on the root syllable in all cases.
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acrostatic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/acrostatic
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“acrostatic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/acrostatic. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “acrostatic,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/acrostatic.
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