aphaeresis 1
noundomain: natural proc.
Princeton WordNet [ver.3.1]
Definition
(linguistics) omission at the beginning of a word as in `coon' for `raccoon' or `till' for `until'
Synonyms
- apheresis 1
(linguistics) omission at the beginning of a word as in `coon' for `raccoon' or `till' for `until'


