Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

lapsus pennæ

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: lap-sus pen-næ
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Synonym of slip of the pen.

Formal

Example Sentences

"But the ipse dixit — or, perhaps, more properly, the lapsus pennæ — of one man, even if that man is a writer in the Edinburgh Review, cannot make leniency a good English word."

Usage

Formal

Synonyms

slip of the pen

Questions

What does lapsus pennæ mean?: Synonym of slip of the pen.

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