lapsus linguae

American  

[lahp-soos ling-gwahy, lap-suhs ling-gwee] / ˈlɑp sʊs ˈlɪŋ gwaɪ, ˈlæp səs ˈlɪŋ gwi /

noun

Latin.

1. a slip of the tongue.

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lapsus linguae British  

/ ˈlɪŋɡwiː /

noun

1. a slip of the tongue

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Etymology

Origin of lapsus linguae

Latin

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Example Sentences

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lapsus linguae

Reminded that technically the war was over for Russia, Kisselev confessed a "lapsus linguae."

From Time Magazine Archive

Even a lapsus linguae, "you uns." was unmistakable amidst the high-flown periods.

From Una Of The Hill Country 1911 by Mary Noailles Murfree

"A lapsus linguae?" one guest cries, "A pun!" another straight replies.

From The Canadian Elocutionist by Anna Kelsey Howard

Miss Sallianna wound up by saying, that it would be an affair of rare and opprobrious interest; and, as a comedy, would be positively deleterious, which was probably a lapsus linguae for "delicious."

From The Last of the Foresters Or, Humors on the Border; A story of the Old Virginia Frontier by John Esten Cooke

In his reply, Mr. Van Buren made his only known lapsus linguae by addressing them as the "Democratic corps."

From Perley's Reminiscences, v. 1-2 of Sixty Years in the National Metropolis by Benjamin Perley Poore

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