lapsus
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of lapsus
1660–70; < Latin lāpsus; see lapse
Example Sentences
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Did you suffer a "lapsus typographicus," or has absolute zero retreated over 159� since I went to school ?
From Time Magazine Archive
Reminded that technically the war was over for Russia, Kisselev confessed a "lapsus linguae."
From Time Magazine Archive
Moreover, she assures us, that she herself frequently makes a lapsus pennæ for which a school-boy would be chastised.
From The International Monthly, Volume 2, No. 4, March, 1851 by Various
Afterward Mr. Colfax, who was a noted speaker, told me that whenever he made a lapsus linguae, if it amused the audience he never attempted to correct it.
From Memories of a Musical Life by Mason, William
You are yourself, wid great respect be it spoken, sometimes said to sport your imagination occasionally, and to try your hand wid considerable success at a lapsus veritatis.
From The Emigrants Of Ahadarra The Works of William Carleton, Volume Two by Carleton, William
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