ecthlipsis
Meanings
noun
- The dropping out or suppression of a consonant from a word, with or without a vowel.
- In Latin, the elision of a final /m/, with the preceding vowel, before a word beginning with a vowel.
Pronunciation
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Etymology
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἔκθλιψις (ékthlipsis).
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