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lapsus digitorum

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  • noun rare A spelling error in signing.

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Coined as an analogue of lapsus linguae for users of sign language from the Latin lāpsus ("a slipping or falling") (lāpsūs in the plural) + digitōrum ("of fingers"), genitive plural form of digitus ("finger") = “a slipping of fingers”; compare lapsus digiti.

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