haplology - 03/03/04 06:41 PM
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Date: Mon May 15 00:15:07 EDT 2000
Subject: A.Word.A.Day--haplology
haplology (hap-LOL-uh-jee) noun
The loss of one of two identical or similar adjacent syllables in a word,
as in Latin nutrix, `nurse,' from earlier nutritrix.
[Greek haplos, haplous, single, simple.]
Date: Mon May 15 00:15:07 EDT 2000
Subject: A.Word.A.Day--haplology
haplology (hap-LOL-uh-jee) noun
The loss of one of two identical or similar adjacent syllables in a word,
as in Latin nutrix, `nurse,' from earlier nutritrix.
[Greek haplos, haplous, single, simple.]