Thesaurus: apocope
The cutting off, or omission, of the last letter, syllable, or part of a word.
Related headwords
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Definitions
- n. The word/cutting">cutting off, or word/omission">omission, of the last letter, syllable, or part of a word.
- n. A cutting off; abscission.
- n. word/abbreviation">abbreviation of a word by omitting the final sound or sounds
- 1. The word/cutting">cutting off, or word/omission">omission, of the last letter, syllable, or part of a word. 2. (Med.) A cutting off; abscission.
- n. word/abbreviation">abbreviation of a word by omitting the final sound or sounds