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Aphaeresis

nounid 12842·updated May 18, 2026
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(linguistics) omission at the beginning of a word as in `coon' for `raccoon' or `till' for `until'

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Variants

synonym
apheresis
plural
Aphaeresises
possessive
Aphaeresis's
pluralpossessive
Aphaeresises'

Framework definitions

Wordset Dictionary1 senseview framework →
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(linguistics) omission at the beginning of a word as in `coon' for `raccoon' or `till' for `until'
Legacy lexicon import1 senseview framework →
§1 · legacy_primary
(linguistics) omission at the beginning of a word as in `coon' for `raccoon' or `till' for `until'
DR-088 backfill from the noun definition column

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