betacismn.
/ˈbiːtəsɪz(ə)m/ (See quot. 1926.)
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mutation1808
permutation1843
mimation1873
betacism1885
1885 Amer. Jrnl. Philol. 6 501 Even these forms were threatened with destruction by the spread of Betacismus, whereby amavit was pronounced like amabit and vice versa.]
1885 Amer. Jrnl. Philol. 6 501 In Africa, especially where betacism flourished, the need of new substitutes for the future made itself early felt.
1926 W. E. Plater & H. J. White Gram. Vulgate 43 What is called betacism (the interchange of b and v) causes great confusion in verbs of the first conjugation.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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