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

Don't use words too big for the subject. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite.
C. S. Lewis