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lapsus
[ lap-suhs; Latin lahp-soos ]
noun
- a slip or lapse.
lapsus
/ ˈlæpsəs /
noun
- formal.a lapse or error
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Word History and Origins
Origin of lapsus1
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Example Sentences
Mr. Radenhurst took advantage of this lapsus, and moved for a new trial in term, which he obtained.
The artist is a sort of impassioned proof-reader, blue-pencilling the lapsus calami of God.
Hibbard's listing was obviously a lapsus calami for Chelydra since he placed the genus in the family Chelydridae.
But how am I to excuse such a Leviathan lapsus linguæ as the figure of the equestrian mounted upon a cow?
Do not let it be supposed that these are instances of a mere lapsus linguo on the part of certain ignorant writers!
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