#trisyllabic_laxing

Trisyllabic laxing

Historic vowel shift

Trisyllabic laxing, or trisyllabic shortening, is any of three processes in English in which tense vowels become lax if they are followed by two or more syllables, at least the first of which is unstressed, for example, grateful vs gratitude, profound vs profundity.

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