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).
Etymology: LL f. Gk aphairesis (as APO-, haireo take)
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).
Etymology: LL f. Gk aphairesis (as APO-, haireo take)
Oxford English vocab. Оксфордский английский словарь. 2012