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Definition of Ecthlipsis
1. n. The dropping out or suppression from a word of a consonant, with or without a vowel.
Definition of Ecthlipsis
1. Noun. (linguistics Latin prosody) The dropping out or suppression from a word of a consonant, with or without a vowel. ¹
2. Noun. (linguistics Latin prosody) The elision of a final m, with the preceding vowel, before a word beginning with a vowel. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
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