lapsus
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of lapsus
1660–70; < Latin lāpsus; lapse
Example Sentences
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Did you suffer a "lapsus typographicus," or has absolute zero retreated over 159� since I went to school ?
From Time Magazine Archive
Reminded that technically the war was over for Russia, Kisselev confessed a "lapsus linguae."
From Time Magazine Archive
But how am I to excuse such a Leviathan lapsus linguæ as the figure of the equestrian mounted upon a cow?
From A Bayard From Bengal Being some account of the Magnificent and Spanking Career of Chunder Bindabun Bhosh,... by Jabberjee, Hurry Bungsho
“Ubi lapsus quid feci,” said the Dominie; “I spoke of thy musical tongue; and, furthermore, I spoke alle-gori-cal-ly.”
From Jacob Faithful by Marryat, Frederick
The nom de plume of the Texas bovine escaped attention, and it passed as an enjoyable lapsus linguæ.
From From Manassas to Appomattox Memoirs of The Civil War in America by Longstreet, James
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