Aptote

Aptote
Aptote Ap"tote ([a^]p"t[=o]t), n. [L. aptotum, Gr. ? indeclinable; 'a priv. + ? fallen, declined, ? to fall.] (Gram.) A noun which has no distinction of cases; an indeclinable noun. [1913 Webster]

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