consonantic, a. rare.
(kɒnsəˈnæntɪk)
[f. as consonantal a. + -ic, after vocalic. In mod.F. consonnantique.]
Of the nature or character of a consonant.
| 1863 Aufrecht in Chambers Encycl. V. 575/2 Consonantic bases, or, of the vocalic, those which end in u(v), a vowel of a decided consonantic quality, are most apt to preserve the inflections in their unaltered form. |