Associations to the word «Apocope»
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Wiktionary
APOCOPE, noun. (prosody) The loss or omission of a sound or syllable from the end of a word.
Dictionary definition
APOCOPE, noun. Abbreviation of a word by omitting the final sound or sounds; "the British get `pud' from `pudding' by apocope".
Wise words
Language is a process of free creation; its laws and
principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles
of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even
the interpretation and use of words involves a process of
free creation.