Definitions for ecthlipsis
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Webster Dictionary
Ecthlipsis(noun)
the dropping out or suppression from a word of a consonant, with or without a vowel
Ecthlipsis(noun)
the elision of a final m, with the preceding vowel, before a word beginning with a vowel
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