ecthlipsis

American  

[ek-thlip-sis] / ɛkˈθlɪp sɪs /

noun

ecthlipses plural

1. loss of a consonant, especially, in Latin, loss of a final m before a word beginning with a vowel or h.

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Inflected Forms

noun

• ecthlipses
  plural

Etymology

Origin of ecthlipsis

1650–60; < Late Latin < Greek ékthlīpsis, equivalent to ekthlī́b ( ein ) to squeeze out ( ek- ec- + thlī́bein, variant of phlī́bein to squeeze) + -sis -sis