Definition of ECTHLIPSIS

ecthlipsis

Meanings

Plural: ecthlipses

Noun

  • The dropping out or suppression from a word of a consonant, with or without a vowel.
  • In Latin, the elision of a final /m/, with the preceding vowel, before a word beginning with a vowel.

Origin / Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἔκθλιψις (ékthlipsis, “a squeezing out”), from ἐκθλίβω (ekthlíbō, “to squeeze out”), from θλίβω (thlíbō, “to squeeze; to compress”).

Scrabble Score: 17

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Words With Friends Score: 0

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