lapsus

[ lap-suhs; Latin lahp-soos ]

/ ˈlæp səs; Latin ˈlɑp sʊs /

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noun

a slip or lapse.

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Origin of lapsus

1660–70; <Latin lāpsus;see lapse

Words nearby lapsus

lapsed, lapse rate, lapsible, lap-size, lapstrake, lapsus, lapsus calami, lapsus linguae, Laptev Sea, laptop, laptray

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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|Various
The artist is a sort of impassioned proof-reader, blue-pencilling the lapsus calami of God.
Damn!|Henry Louis Mencken
Hibbard'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. Galbreath
But 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 Jabberjee

Do 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

lapsus

/ (ˈlæpsəs) /

noun plural -sus

formal a lapse or error

Word Origin for lapsus

from Latin: lapse

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