apocopation
(əˌpɒkəʊˈpeɪʃən)
[n. of action f. apocopate v.: see -tion.]
The action of apocopating: the state of being apocopated.
| 1727–51 Chambers Cycl. s.v. Apocope, When the Apocopation is marked with a superior comma..the word is said to be apostrophated. 1873 F. Hall Mod.Eng. 187 We should have had..alt, cit, plenipo..if there had been as popular a demand for the apocopation of altitudes, citizen, plenipotentiary. |