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Definition of haplology in English: haplologynoun hapˈlɒlədʒihapˈläləjē The omission of one occurrence of a sound or syllable which is repeated within a word (e.g. in February pronounced as /ˈfɛbri)/. Example sentencesExamples - A nice irony is that haplology is just the sort of word to which haplology happens…
- It all depends which side of the pond one happens to be on: Britons accuse Americans of haplology while the latter believe it is the former who are committing epenthesis.
- I am currently investigating further evidence which supports this analysis in terms of haplology.
- He's saying that gingerly is, basically and traditionally, an adjective, and the adverbial use results as a haplology of the derived form gingerlyly.
- After all, it's hard to see how un - could be plausibly reanalyzed as a mere intensifier; more likely this is an idiosyncratic sort of haplology, where the form unpacked stands in for ununpacked.
Synonyms leaving out, exclusion, exception, non-inclusion, deletion, erasure, cut, excision, elimination, absence
Origin Late 19th century: from Greek haploos 'single' + -logy. Definition of haplology in US English: haplologynounhapˈläləjē The omission of an occurrence of a sound or syllable that is repeated within a word, e.g., in probly for probably. Example sentencesExamples - It all depends which side of the pond one happens to be on: Britons accuse Americans of haplology while the latter believe it is the former who are committing epenthesis.
- A nice irony is that haplology is just the sort of word to which haplology happens…
- I am currently investigating further evidence which supports this analysis in terms of haplology.
- After all, it's hard to see how un - could be plausibly reanalyzed as a mere intensifier; more likely this is an idiosyncratic sort of haplology, where the form unpacked stands in for ununpacked.
- He's saying that gingerly is, basically and traditionally, an adjective, and the adverbial use results as a haplology of the derived form gingerlyly.
Synonyms leaving out, exclusion, exception, non-inclusion, deletion, erasure, cut, excision, elimination, absence
Origin Late 19th century: from Greek haploos ‘single’ + -logy. |