apocope
/uh-pok-uh-pee/US // əˈpɒk əˌpi //UK // (əˈpɒkəpɪ) //
阿波卡普,阿波奇,阿波切普,阿波切
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
- : loss or omission of the last letter, syllable, or part of a word.
Examples
You will understand that it has one, when I tell you that we have here a very curious case of apocope.
For it is easy to show that with regard to syncope, apocope, elision, and slurring they are treated quite in the same way.
Does not the final 'y' of 'tawny' suppose an apostrophe and apocope?
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