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elision

noun
/ɪˈlɪʒ.(ə)n̩/

Etymology

From Latin ēlīsion-, the stem of ēlīsio (“striking out, forcing out”).

  1. derived from ēlīsion-

Definitions

  1. The deliberate omission of something.

  2. The omission of a letter or syllable between two words or inside a word

    The omission of a letter or syllable between two words or inside a word; sometimes marked with an apostrophe.

    • See also: contraction, apheresis, apocope, syncope

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for elision. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA