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apocope
CIDE DICTIONARY
apocope, n. [L., fr. Gr. a cutting off, fr. to cut off; from + to cut.].
- The cutting off, or omission, of the last letter, syllable, or part of a word. [1913 Webster]
- A cutting off; abscission. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
apocope, n. the omission of a letter or letters at the end of a word as a morphological development (e.g. in the derivation of curio).
Etymology
LL f. Gk apokope (as APO-, kopto cut)
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