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(linguistics) omission at the beginning of a word as in `coon' for `raccoon' or `till' for `until'
Answer for the clue "(linguistics) omission at the beginning of a word as in `coon' for `raccoon' or `till' for `until' ", 10 letters:
aphaeresis
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Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context UK Canadian English) (alternative spelling of apheresis English)
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
aphaeresis \a*phaer"e*sis\, ||Aphaeresis \A*ph[ae]r"e*sis\(?; 277), n. [L.] Same as Apheresis .
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. (linguistics) omission at the beginning of a word as in `coon' for `raccoon' or `till' for `until' [syn: apheresis ]