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Epenthesis

Webster's Dictionary 1913

‖E‐pen″the‐sis (?), n.; pl.Epentheses (#). [L., fr. Gr. �; επἴ + � to put or set in.] (Gram.) The insertion of a letter or a sound in the body of a word; as, the b in “nimble” from AS. nēmol.