aphesis
About 0.01 uses per million words.
Meaning
- noun The loss of the initial unstressed vowel of a word.
The word "scarp" is derived from "escarp" by aphesis.
Similar words
apocope syncope aphonia aphrasia nonpronunciation anacrusis atonic vowellessness aglossia anarthria
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Word family
apheses aphetic aphetically
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