eclipsis
noun/ɪˈklɪpsɪs/
Etymology Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἔκλειψις (ékleipsis, “disappearance, abandoning”). Doublet of eclipse.
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Obsolete An omission of words needed to fully express the sense of a phrase.
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A line or dash used to show that text has been omitted.
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Grammar, Human sciences, Linguistics, Sciences Irish A mutation of the initial sound of a word by which voiceless sounds become voiced, voiced stops become nasal consonants, and vowels acquire a prothetic nasal consonant: see Appendix:Irish mutations#Eclipsis.
- Related terms
- ecthlipsis, ellipsis