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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. The loss of one or more sounds from the end of a word, as in Modern English sing from Middle English singen.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. In grammar, the cutting off or omission of the last letter or syllable of a word, as in th' for the, i' for in.
  2. n. In surgery, a wound with loss of substance; ablation; amputation.
  3. n. [capitalized] [NL.] In zoology, a genus of plec-tospondylous fishes, of the family Cyprinidæ. It contains several species of western North America, such as A. couesi. E. D. Cope, 1871.

Wiktionary

  1. n. prosody The loss or omission of a sound or syllable from the end of a word.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. n. The cutting off, or omission, of the last letter, syllable, or part of a word.
  2. n. (Med.) A cutting off; abscission.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. abbreviation of a word by omitting the final sound or sounds

Etymologies

  1. From Latin, from Ancient Greek ἀποκοπή (apokopḗ), ἀποκόπτω (apokóptō, "cut off"). (Wiktionary)
  2. Late Latin, from Greek apokopē, from apokoptein, to cut off : apo-, apo- + koptein, to cut. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

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  • Dan337 I want to build a table on this word, invite over adelaide (she’s too “modern” for capitalization) and her pal the abbé, and serve them edda. Sep 18, 2011

  • jmjarmstrong JM is looking for a handy tool to perform apocope on overly long words – like pruning is with plants so it will be with language – at least that’s what I reck’n. Apr 28, 2011

  • jmjarmstrong JM cannot cope with more than 3 apocopes a day - otherwise he pulls up too short. Jan 10, 2011

  • frindley Preferred rhetorical device of the Aussies, e.g. barbie for barbeque (or "barbecue" if you must). Apr 6, 2008

  • reesetee Thosefinches, I have a list of these, if you care to suggest any others. :-)

    Oh, and great name, by the way. Oct 25, 2007

  • thosefinches loss or omission of the last letter, syllable, or particle word. (as in 'darlin' used for 'darling') Oct 25, 2007

  • uselessness You spammer. ;-) Mar 6, 2007

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‘apocope’ has been looked up 3427 times, loved by 7 people, added to 58 lists, commented on 7 times, and has a Scrabble score of 13.