[syn.co.pe] n [LL, fr. Gk synkope, lit., cutting short, fr. synkoptein to cut short, fr. syn- + koptein to cut--more at capon] (ca. 1550) 1: loss of consciousness resulting from insufficient blood flow to the brain: faint
2: the loss of one or more sounds or letters in the interior of a word (as in fo'c'sle for forecastle) -- syn.co.pal adj