Eclipsis

//ɪˈklɪpsɪs// noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An omission of words needed to fully express the sense of a phrase. countable, obsolete, uncountable
  2. 2
    omission or suppression of parts of words or sentences wordnet
  3. 3
    A line or dash used to show that text has been omitted. countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    A mutation of the initial sound of a word by which voiceless sounds become voiced, voiced stops become nasal consonants, and vowels acquire a prothetic nasal consonant: see Appendix:Irish mutations#Eclipsis. Irish, countable, uncountable

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἔκλειψις (ékleipsis, “disappearance, abandoning”). Doublet of eclipse.

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