APHAERESIS


Meaning of APHAERESIS in English

n. (pl. aphaereses) the omission of a letter or syllable at the beginning of a word as a morphological development (e.g. in the derivation of adder).

[ LL f. Gk aphairesis (as APO-, haireo take) ]

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