etacism
English
Etymology
From eta + -cism (phenomenon related to a specific phoneme). Compare itacism, from the modern pronunciation of eta.
Noun
etacism (usually uncountable, plural etacisms)
- (grammar) The pronunciation of the Greek eta like the Italian long e, or the vowel in the English word ate.
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Translations
pronunciation of the Greek eta like the Italian long e
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “etacism”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)
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