lapsus
a slip or lapse.
Origin of 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 Last Laird of MacNab | VariousThe artist is a sort of impassioned proof-reader, blue-pencilling the lapsus calami of God.
Damn! | Henry Louis MenckenHibbard's listing was obviously a lapsus calami for Chelydra since he placed the genus in the family Chelydridae.
Pliocene and Pleistocene Records of Fossil Turtles from Western Kansas and Oklahoma | Edwin C. GalbreathBut 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 JabberjeeDo 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
/ (ˈlæpsəs) /
formal a lapse or error
Origin of lapsus
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