ECLIPSIS

ellipsis, eclipsis

(noun) omission or suppression of parts of words or sentences

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Noun

eclipsis (countable and uncountable, plural eclipses)

(obsolete) An omission of words needed to fully express the sense of a phrase

A line or dash used to show that text has been omitted

(Irish grammar) A mutation of the initial sound of a word by which voiceless sounds become voiced, voiced stops become nasal consonants, and vowels acquire a prothetic nasal consonant: see Irish mutations.

Synonyms

• (mutation in Irish grammar): nasalization

Source: Wiktionary

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