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affricate

af.fri.cate \'af-ri-k*t\ \*-'frik-*t-iv\ n [ prob. fr. G affrikata, fr. L 
   affricata, fem. of affricatus,] pp. of affricare to rub against, fr. ad- + 
   fricare to rub - more at FRICTION : a stop and its immediately following 
   release through the articulatory po sition for a continuant nonsyllabic 
   consonant (as the /t/ and /sh/ that are the constituents of the /ch/ in why 
   choose) - af.fric.a.tive nor ;aj