Definition of ECLIPSIS

eclipsis

Meanings

Plural: eclipses

Noun

  • omission or suppression of parts of words or sentences
  • An omission of words needed to fully express the sense of a phrase.
  • A line or dash used to show that text has been omitted.
  • 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.

Origin / Etymology

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

Scrabble Score: 12

eclipsis is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
eclipsis is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
eclipsis is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 15

eclipsis is a valid Words With Friends word