apocopate

Meanings

Adj

Shortened by apocope; lacking a final sound or syllable

Verb

To shorten using apocope; to remove the final sound or syllable.
To undergo apocope.

Noun

A verb form of the prefix conjugation in Semitic which bears no final vowel and is considered the original perfective, but often called jussive mood.

Origin / Etymology

From Latin apocopātus (“cut off”), from Ancient Greek ἀποκόπτω (apokóptō, “cut off”).

Synonyms

abbreviated, apocopated, apocopic, clipped, shortened

Scrabble Score: 15

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