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
Did you suffer a "lapsus typographicus," or has absolute zero retreated over 159� since I went to school ?
From Time Magazine Archive
De celis lapsus rutilans accenditur ignis, et peragit proprium protinus officium.
From The Latin & Irish Lives of Ciaran Translations Of Christian Literature. Series V. Lives Of The Celtic Saints by MacAlister, R.A. Stewart
It is a lapsus which may one day be taken hold of against him, should the Ulema need to depose him.
From The Future of Islam by Blunt, Wilfred Scawen
What have I done besides a little lapsus lingu�?
From Dryden's Works Vol. 3 (of 18) Sir Martin Mar-All; The Tempest; An Evening's Love; Tyrannic Love by Dryden, John
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