apocope

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The loss or omission of a sound or syllable from the end of a word
abbreviation of a word by omitting the final sound or sounds; "the British get `pud' from `pudding' by apocope"
loss of the final portion of a word For example, info from information; cinema from cinematograph See also: aphaeresis
The loss of a final vowel e g , ME helpe > ModE help, NHG dem Tage > dem Tag See also syncope and aphaeresis
Deleting a syllable or letter from the end of a word In The Merchant of Venice, one character says, "when I ope my lips let no dog bark," and the last syllable of open falls away into ope before the reader's eyes (1 1 93-94) In Troilus and Cressida, Shakespeare proclaims, "If I might in entreaties find success--/ As seld I have the chance--I would desire / My famous cousin to our Grecian tents" (4 5 148) Here the word seldom becomes seld Apocope is an example of a rhetorical scheme
the omission of the last syllable of a word See also Aphesis
A type of elision in which a letter or syllable is omitted at the end of a word, as in morn for morning (Compare Aphaeresis, Syncope, Synaeresis, Synaloepha)
A cutting off; abscission
abbreviation of a word by omitting the final sound or sounds; "the British get `pud' from `pudding' by apocope
{i} removal of the last letter in a word, removal of the last syllable in a word
The cutting off, or omission, of the last letter, syllable, or part of a word
apocope

    Hyphenation

    a·po·co·pe

    Pronunciation

    Etymology

    [ &-'pä-k&-(")pE ] (noun.) circa 1550. From Latin, from Ancient Greek ἀποκοπή (apokopḗ), ἀποκόπτω (apokóptō, “cut off”).
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