dittography
[ dih-tog-ruh-fee ]
noun
reduplication of letters or syllables in writing, printing, etc., usually through error.
Origin of dittography
11870–75; <Greek dittographía, dialectal variant of dissographía, equivalent to dissó(s) double + -graphia-graphy
Other words from dittography
- dit·to·graph·ic [dit-uh-graf-ik], /ˌdɪt əˈgræf ɪk/, adjective
- Compare haplography.
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How to use dittography in a sentence
By this means we are able to detect dittographies in the Greek and variants in the original Semitic.
We might observe here that our text attests the presence of dittographies already existing in the Hebrew text.
British Dictionary definitions for dittography
dittography
/ (dɪˈtɒɡrəfɪ) /
nounplural -phies
the unintentional repetition of letters or words
a passage of manuscript demonstrating dittography
Derived forms of dittography
- dittographic (ˌdɪtəˈɡræfɪk), adjective
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