haplology

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  1. noun The loss of one of two identical or similar adjacent syllables in a word, as in Latin nūtrīx, "nurse,” from earlier *nūtrītrīx.

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  • Our language is full of lazy pronunciations - dropping syllables - so that the practice has a name: haplology.
 

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  1. Greek haplous, single, simple; see haploid + -logy.

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  1. Greek ἁπλόος, single, + -λογία, from λέγειν, speak.
 

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/hæpˈlɑlədʒi/
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