'Ecthlipsis' definitions:

Definition of 'Ecthlipsis'

From: GCIDE
  • Ecthlipsis \Ec*thlip"sis\, n. [L., fr. Gr. ?, fr. ? to squeeze out.]
  • 1. The dropping out or suppression from a word of a consonant, with or without a vowel. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. (Lat. Pros.) The elision of a final m, with the preceding vowel, before a word beginning with a vowel. [1913 Webster]