Associations to the word «Elision»
Wiktionary
ELISION, noun. The deliberate omission of something.
ELISION, noun. The omission of a letter or syllable between two words; sometimes marked with an apostrophe.
Dictionary definition
ELISION, noun. Omission of a sound between two words (usually a vowel and the end of one word or the beginning of the next).
ELISION, noun. A deliberate act of omission; "with the exception of the children, everyone was told the news".
Wise words
Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary
meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the
truants in custody and bring them back to their right
senses.