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lapsus

[lap-suhs; Lat. lahp-soos]

noun

a slip or lapse.

Origin:
1660–70; < Latin lāpsus; see lapse

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lapsus (ˈlæpsəs)

—n , pl -sus
	formal a lapse or error

[from Latin: lapse]

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