Aphaeresis

nounverified·updated May 18, 2026

(linguistics) omission at the beginning of a word as in `coon' for `raccoon' or `till' for `until'

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§1: (linguistics) omission at the beginning of a word as in `coon' for `raccoon' or `till' for `until'