Associations to the word «Aphaeresis»

Wiktionary

APHAERESIS, noun. (UK) (Canadian) Alternative spelling of apheresis

Dictionary definition

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

Wise words

Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life - in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us to do, as well as talk, and to make our words and actions all of a color.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca