lapsus

[ lap-suhs; Latin lahp-soos ]

noun
  1. a slip or lapse.

Origin of lapsus

1
1660–70; <Latin lāpsus;see lapse

Words Nearby lapsus

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How to use lapsus in a sentence

  • Mr. Radenhurst took advantage of this lapsus, and moved for a new trial in term, which he obtained.

  • The artist is a sort of impassioned proof-reader, blue-pencilling the lapsus calami of God.

    Damn! | Henry Louis Mencken
  • Hibbard's listing was obviously a lapsus calami for Chelydra since he placed the genus in the family Chelydridae.

  • But how am I to excuse such a Leviathan lapsus linguæ as the figure of the equestrian mounted upon a cow?

    A Bayard From Bengal | Hurry Bungsho Jabberjee
  • Do not let it be supposed that these are instances of a mere lapsus linguo on the part of certain ignorant writers!

    Economic Sophisms | Frederic Bastiat

British Dictionary definitions for lapsus

lapsus

/ (ˈlæpsəs) /


nounplural -sus
  1. formal a lapse or error

Origin of lapsus

1
from Latin: lapse

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