Associations to the word «Eclipsis»

Wiktionary

ECLIPSIS, noun. (obsolete) An omission of words needed to fully express the sense of a phrase
ECLIPSIS, noun. A line or dash used to show that text has been omitted
ECLIPSIS, noun. (Irish grammar) A mutation of the initial sound of a word by which voiceless sounds become voiced, voiced stops become nasal consonants, and vowels acquire a prothetic nasal consonant: see Appendix:Irish mutations#Eclipsis.

Dictionary definition

ECLIPSIS, noun. Omission or suppression of parts of words or sentences.

Wise words

More wisdom is latent in things as they are than in all the words men use.
Antoine De Saint-Exupery