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Epenthetic (adj) means relating to epenthesis.

adj

Relating to epenthesis.

"“I’ve added a little vowel between the t and the r,” Baron says. “It elongates the word, it adds an extra syllable to the word, it emphasizes the word. There’s a name for this: epenthetic vowel.”" — Julie Beck, The Linguistics of 'YouTube Voice' (2015)

Added into the middle of a word.

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