Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The dropping or omission of a letter or syllable from the end of a word; abbreviation by apocope.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun Shortening by apocope; the state of being apocopated.

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  • noun a word formed by removing the end of a longer word

Etymologies

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Ancient Greek ἀπό (apo, "from, away from") + κόπτω (koptō, "to cut")

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Examples

  • But it can't explain how he came up with something like this diabolical double whammy, a lyric that combines apocopation and internal rhyme -- in three-quarter time, no less.

    Sondheim's Still Here 2008

  • The jussive ya'aseh is without the usual apocopation ya'as.

    Exposition of Genesis: Volume 1 1892-1972 1942

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