METATHESIS

PRONUNCIATION: (muh-TATH-uh-sis)

MEANING: noun:
1. The transposition of letters, sounds, or syllables in a word. Example: aks for ask.
2. In chemistry, double decomposition.

ANAGRAM: metathesis = It’s the same.

ETYMOLOGY: Via Latin from Greek metatithenai (to transpose), from meta- (among, after) + tithenai (to place). Earliest documented use: 1538.
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MEGATHESIS - biggest damn dissertation ever! (anagram: GAME HEISTS)

MUTATHESIS - tendency to change

GETATHESIS - state your conjecture (anagram: ASSET EIGHT)