Added 10 October 2026
eclipsis
/ɪˈklɪpsɪs/ noun
noun Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about eclipsis at Wordnik → Where our words come from →
- An omission of words needed to fully express the sense of a phrase.
- A line or dash used to show that text has been omitted.
- A mutation of the initial sound of a word by which voiceless sounds become voiced, voiced stops become nasal consonants, and vowels acquire a prothetic nasal consonant: see Appendix:Irish mutations#Eclipsis.
Origin
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἔκλειψις (ékleipsis, “disappearance, abandoning”). Doublet of eclipse.
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