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Aphaeresis Definition & Meaning

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

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What does aphaeresis mean?
(linguistics) omission at the beginning of a word as in `coon' for `raccoon' or `till' for `until'
What part of speech is aphaeresis?
Aphaeresis is a noun.

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