Foreword:
For some reason when I saw this word, I thought of the part of Firework in this video at 0:40
There's also another song that reminds me of this word... but I can't remember atm. (at the moment)
Definitions:
Princeton says:
(leave or strike out) "This vowel is usually elided before a single consonant"
Webster says:
transitive verb
1
a : to suppress or alter (as a vowel or syllable) by elisionb : to strike out (as a written word)
2
a : to leave out of consideration : omit
b : curtail, abridge
My input:
I'll probably use this as a substitute for omit.
Pronunciation: El sounds like ill, rhymes with mill, fill. Ide rhymes with slide, sounds like lied.
Webster audio
Synonyms:
Princeton has none, so I assume their definition has a nuance that omit does not.
So does this only apply to written words? I couldn't say, for example, the defendant elided details from his testimony?
ReplyDeleteWondering that too, wether or not it only goes for written words
ReplyDelete@hom: well I'm using it in place of omit when I think of it. Because I like the word elide more.
ReplyDeleteI'm gonna start using this just for fun.
ReplyDeletehmmm cool post or not :P
ReplyDeletekind of like a verbal synonym of elite. at least, i'll remember it that way!
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