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Eclipsis
//ɪˈklɪpsɪs// noun
Definitions
Noun
- 1 An omission of words needed to fully express the sense of a phrase. countable, obsolete, uncountable
- 2 omission or suppression of parts of words or sentences wordnet
- 3 A line or dash used to show that text has been omitted. countable, uncountable
- 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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