athematic

adjective

1

of a verb or class of verbs : having no thematic vowel

Sanskrit as-ti "he is", Greek es-ti, Latin es-t are athematic verbs

2

music : not based on the repetition or elaboration of themes

an athematic style

Word History

Etymology

a- entry 2 + thematic

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