aphaeresis 1

noundomain: natural proc.
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Definition

(linguistics) omission at the beginning of a word as in `coon' for `raccoon' or `till' for `until'

  • (linguistics) omission at the beginning of a word as in `coon' for `raccoon' or `till' for `until'

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