irreption

English

Etymology

ir- + rept- + ion, from Latin rept-, past participle stem of rēpere "to crawl, creep."

Noun

irreption (plural irreptions)

  1. A creeping in.
    • 1961, George Saintsbury, A History of Criticism and Literary Taste in Europe: From the Renaissance to the decline of eighteenth century orthodoxy, page 183:
      He comes closer to business with his remarks on the irreption of rhyme into Greek and Latin poetry...

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