eclipsis

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eclipsis (uncountable)

1. (obsolete) An omission of words needed to fully express the sense of a phrase
2. A line or dash used to show that text has been omitted
3. (Irish grammar) The suppression of the sounds of certain radical consonants in place of others.

[edit] References

• Oxford English Dictionary, 1884-1928, and First Supplement, 1933