Etymology

lapsus memoriae

Today it means: A slip of memory; an instance of forgetting. Full definition →

Latin lāpsus memoriae
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  1. Latin · borrowed fromlāpsus memoriae
  2. English todaylapsus memoriae

From Latin lāpsus memoriae (literally “slip of the memory”).

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