Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

lapsus plumæ

/ˌlæpsəsˈpluːmiː/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: lap-sus -plumæ
IPA: /ˌlæpsəsˈpluːmiː/

16

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Synonym of slip of the pen.

Formal

Example Sentences

"Near-synonyms: writo; miswriting; misprint; typo"
"When he came to a word like believe, he was cunning enough to write two ees, and put a dot just over the middle of them, leaving the reader to imagine that his error was the result of a mere lapsus plumæ."

Etymology

First attested in 1844; Latin: lāpsus (“a slipping”; in the plural lāpsūs, “slippings”, the nominative plural form of lāpsus) + plūmae (“of the feather or plume”, the genitive singular form of plūma, “feather”, “plume”) = “a slipping of the feather” ≈ “a lapse of the plume” ≈ “a slip of the quill”; compare lapsus linguae and the English-coined French phrase nom de plume.

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: -

Regional Pronunciation

British English: /ˌlæpsəsˈpluːmiː/

Usage

Formal

Inflected Forms

lapsus plumae (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

lapsus digiti lapsus digitorum lapsus linguae slip of the tongue speako

Synonyms

lapsus calami writo miswriting misprint typo slip of the pen

Questions

How do you pronounce lapsus plumæ?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˌlæpsəsˈpluːmiː/.
What does lapsus plumæ mean?: Synonym of slip of the pen.
Where does lapsus plumæ come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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