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- Latin · derived fromlāpsus auris“lapse of the ear”
- English todaylapsus auris
From Latin lāpsus auris (“lapse of the ear”). Compare lapsus linguae, lapsus oculi.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
lapsus auris
Today it means: An instance of mishearing, an error in hearing something correctly. Full definition →
Latin lāpsus auris