HAPLOGRAPHY Definition & Meaning

haplography

[ hap-log-ruh-fee ]

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noun

the accidental omission of a letter or letter group that should be repeated in writing, as in Missippi for Mississippi.

haplography

/ ��æ��ˈ��ɒɡ��ə��ɪ /

noun

the accidental writing of only one letter or syllable where there should be two similar letters or syllables, as in spelling endodontics as endontics

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of haplography¹

First recorded in 1885–90; haplo- + -graphy

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of haplography¹

C19: from Greek, from haplous single + -graphy

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Haplography, hap-log′raf-i, n. the inadvertent writing of a letter or word, or series of letters or words, once, when it should be written twice.

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Quique quod is obviously prone to haplography; on the other hand, it could be a rewriting of qui quod id es, which is itself presumably a simple corruption through interchange of qui quod es id.

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Their omission would seem to be obviously due to haplography.

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