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Apocope

Noun

a=poc=o=pe

WORDNET DICTIONARY

apocope(n = noun.communication) Array - abbreviation of a word by omitting the final sound or sounds; "the British get `pud' from `pudding' by apocope"

Apocope, n. [L., fr. Gr. a cutting off, fr. to cut off; from + to cut.].

The cutting off, or omission, of the last letter, syllable, or part of a word. [1913 Webster]
A cutting off; abscission. [1913 Webster]

Apocope, n. the omission of a letter or letters at the end of a word as a morphological development (e.g. in the derivation of curio).

Etymology

LL f. Gk apokope (as APO-, kopto cut)

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