Etymology

ecthlipsis

ec·thlip·sis
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Today it means: The dropping out or suppression of a consonant from a word, with or without a vowel. Full definition →

Ancient Greek ἔκθλιψις
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  1. Ancient Greek · learned borrowing fromἔκθλιψις
  2. Ancient Greek · learned borrowing fromἔκθλιψις
  3. English todayecthlipsis

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἔκθλιψις (ékthlipsis).

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