aphesis
7 letters · noun · scores 1,800 in SpellHuntr
noun
the gradual disappearance of an initial (usually unstressed) vowel or syllable as in `squire' for `esquire'
Aphesis in a sentence
The word "scarp" is derived from "escarp" by aphesis.
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