lapsus
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of lapsus
1660–70; < Latin lāpsus; see lapse
Example Sentences
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Reminded that technically the war was over for Russia, Kisselev confessed a "lapsus linguae."
From Time Magazine Archive
In providing copy for a work of six volumes, each of about 1000 pages, it was but natural that lapsus calami should occur from time to time.
From My Autobiography A Fragment by Müller, F. Max (Friedrich Max)
Even a lapsus linguae, "you uns," was unmistakable amidst the high-flown periods.
From The Raid of The Guerilla and Other Stories by Craffock, Charles Egbert
Scotchman,—"A lapsus linguae, that might have been made by the greatest orators, ancient or modern; by Cicero or Chatham, by Burke, or by 'the fluent Murray.'"
From Tales and Novels — Volume 04 by Edgeworth, Maria
This lapsus, and a few technical errors subsequently detected, rendered the will assailable.
From Fickle Fortune by Elisabeth Burstenbinder (AKA E. Werner)
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