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- noun Plural form of lapsus linguae.
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From Latin lapsūs ("slips") (nominative plural form of lapsus ("slipping")) + linguae ("of a/the tongue") (genitive singular form of lingua ("tongue")) ≅ “slips of the tongue”.
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