SYNIZESIS


Meaning of SYNIZESIS in English

[syn.i.ze.sis] n [LL, fr. Gk synizesis, fr. synizein to sit down together, collapse, blend, fr. syn- + hizein to sit down; akin to L sidere to sit down--more at subside] (1846): contraction of two syllables into one by uniting in pronunciation two adjacent vowels

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