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eclipsis

ec·lip·sis

UK/ɪˈklɪpsɪs/ uncommon obsolete

noun

1.

omission or suppression of parts of words or sentences

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Origin

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἔκλειψις (ékleipsis, “disappearance, abandoning”). Doublet of eclipse.

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