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Elision

noun

Omission of a sound between two words (usually a vowel and the end of one word or the beginning of the next).

A deliberate act of omission. Synonyms: exception, exclusion.

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"Elision" Quotes from Famous Books

... Guebers, the. Gujah, Hulaku's chief secretary. Gugal, bdellum. Guilds of craftsmen at Kinsay. —— Venetian. Guinea-fowl. Guions, a quasi-Tibetan tribe. Gumish-Khanak, silver mines. Gunpowder. Gurgan, a Tartar chief. Gurgan, son-in-law, a title. Gur-Khan of Karacathay. Gutturals, Mongol elision of. Guz100. Guzerat (Gozurat), products, mediaeval architecture and ...

— The Travels of Marco Polo, Volume 2 • Marco Polo and Rustichello of Pisa

... ——! Oh, wisha, what am I to do!" exclaimed the woman in a strong Irish accent, with that elision of apostrophe into complaint peculiar to ...

— Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 350, December 1844 • Various

... the body of the line is not counted as a syllable before a word beginning with a vowel or mute h (elision). ...

— French Lyrics • Arthur Graves Canfield

... vocabulary the syllable which may be elided is enclosed in a bracket, and in compound words and phrases the elision is marked with an apostrophe, as in the ...

— The Mafulu - Mountain People of British New Guinea • Robert W. Williamson

Words linked to "Elision" : deletion, omission, exclusion, elide, exception