English Explanatory Dictionary

lapsus plumæ

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Synonym of slip of the pen.

Pronunciation

lăpʹsəs.plo͞oʹmē /ˌlæpsəsˈpluːmiː/ lăpʹso͞os.plo͞oʹmē /ˌlæpsuːsˈpluːmiː/

Word forms

lapsus plumæ lapsus plumae

Etymology

First attested in 1844; Latin: lāpsus (“a slipping”; in the plural lāpsūs, “slippings”, the nominative plural form of lāpsus) + plūmae (“of the feather or plume”, the genitive singular form of plūma, “feather”, “plume”) = “a slipping of the feather” ≈ “a lapse of the plume” ≈ “a slip of the quill”; compare lapsus linguae and the English-coined French phrase nom de plume.

Synonyms

lapsus calami writo miswriting misprint typo slip of the pen
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