ellipsis, eclipsis
(noun) omission or suppression of parts of words or sentences
Source: WordNet® 3.1
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.
• (mutation in Irish grammar): nasalization
Source: Wiktionary
3 May 2024
(verb) practice sophistry; change the meaning of or be vague about in order to mislead or deceive; “Don’t twist my words”
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.