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Aphaeresis

noun
1.
(linguistics) omission at the beginning of a word as in 'coon' for 'raccoon' or 'till' for 'until'.  Synonym: apheresis.





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... the Ionians for the preterite tenses of verbs the aphaeresis, as where he says [Greek omitted] for [Greek omitted]. So in past tenses they are want to begin with the same letter as in present tenses and to leave off the [Greek letter] in the word [Greek omitted], "priest" and [Greek omitted], ...
— Essays and Miscellanies - The Complete Works Volume 3 • Plutarch


Words linked to "Aphaeresis" :   deletion, omission, linguistics, aphaeretic


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