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otosis|əʊˈtəʊsɪs|
[mod. f. Gr. οὖς, ὠτ- ear + -osis.]
Mishearing; alteration of words caused by an erroneous apprehension of the sound.
1860Haldeman Analyt. Orthogr. xii. 65 Otosis is a change in words, due to misconception of the true sound, influencing consonants of the same quality. 1884J. A. Harrison Negro-Eng. Introd. in Anglia, Negro English is an ear-language altogether,..built up on what the late Professor Haldeman of Pennsylvania called otosis, an error of ear, a mishearing. |