elidedadj.
/ᵻˈlʌɪdᵻd/, U.S. /əˈlaɪdᵻd/, /iˈlaɪdᵻd/ Subjected to elision; omitted, suppressed, struck out. In quot. 1690 with reference to an early theory of sound production: see elision of the air n. at elision n. 3.
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1690 R. Brown tr. Plutarch in tr. Plutarch Morals V. 418 The elided Air [Gk. ἐκθλιβόμενος ὁ ἀὴρ] follows what gives way, and also forces down the Meat.
1796 Brit. Critic Sept. 330 The consonant belonging to the elided syllable.
1882 D. B. Monro Gram. Homeric Dial. 281 Whether an elided vowel was entirely silent, or merely slurred over in such a way that it did not form a distinct syllable, is a question which can hardly be determined.
1978 Times Lit. Suppl. 1 Dec. 1383/3 Harland like so many of his contemporaries remains an elided figure, who survives maybe dimly in his own works.
2010 Contemp. Lit. 51 721 ‘I know, of course I know, I can enter no other place,’ he writes... I read an elided ‘but’ before the final clause here.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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