A.Word.A.Day--syncope (fwd)
Sandy Sandfort
sandfort at crl.com
Sat Nov 23 09:54:27 PST 1996
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SANDY SANDFORT
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C'punks,
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Date: Sat, 23 Nov 1996 01:52:20 -0500
From: Wordsmith <wsmith at wordsmith.org>
To: linguaphile at wordsmith.org
Subject: A.Word.A.Day--syncope
syn.co.pe \'sin-k*-(.)pe-, 'sin-\ n [LL, fr Gk synkope-, lit., cutting
short, fr. synkoptein to cut]short, fr. syn- + koptein to cut - more at
CAPON 1: a partial or complete temporary suspension of respiration and
circulation due to cerebral ischemia : FAINT 2: the loss of one or more
sounds or letters in the interior of a word (as in fo'c'sle for forecastle)
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