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| Noun | 1. The dropping out or suppression from a word of a consonant, with or without a vowel.[Websters] 2. The elision of a final m, with the preceding vowel, before a word beginning with a vowel.[Websters]. | |
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Date "Ecthlipsis" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references) |
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Etymology:Ecthlipsis \Ec*thlip"sis\, noun. [Latin expression, from the Greek expression, from to squeeze out.]. (references) |
| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Noun | 1. The dropping out or suppression from a word of a consonant, with or without a vowel.[Websters]
2. The elision of a final m, with the preceding vowel, before a word beginning with a vowel.[Websters]. | |
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Date "ECTHLIPSIS" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references) |
| Etymology:Ecthlipsis \Ec*thlip"sis\, noun. [Latin expression, from the Greek expression, from to squeeze out.]. (references) |
