Meanings
nounirreption (plural irreptions)
plural irreptions
- A creeping in.
He comes closer to business with his remarks on the irreption of rhyme into Greek and Latin poetry...
1961, George Saintsbury, A History of Criticism and Literary Taste in Europe: From the Renaissance to the decline of eighteenth century orthodoxy, page 183
Origin
- Latinirrēpō“to creep in”
- Late Latinirrēptiō
- Englishirreption
From Late Latin irrēptiō, from Latin irrēpō (“to creep in”) + -tiō (suffix forming action nouns).
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