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‖ lapsus|ˈlæpsəs|
[L.; see lapse n.]
A lapse, slip, or error. Chiefly in the L. phrases lapsus linguæ, a slip of the tongue, and lapsus calami, a slip of the pen.
1667Dryden Mart. Mar-all iii. (1668) 28 What have I done besides a little lapsus linguæ? 1713Addison Guardian No. 121 ⁋3 He..was unfortunately betrayed into a lapsus linguæ. 1822J. Flint Lett. Amer. 109 The people committed the lapsus, when they [etc.]. 1893Nation (N.Y.) 2 Mar. 165/2 The following..is a lapsus calami whose occurrence it is quite impossible to understand. |