lapsus plumæ
lapsus plumæ · lapsus plumæs
Synonym of slip of the penSynonym of slip of the pen.
/ˌlæpsəsˈpluːmiː/
Meaning
1 senses(formal)Synonym of slip of the pen.
Near-synonyms: writo; miswriting; misprint; typo
Origin
First attested in 1844; Latin: lāpsus (“a slipping”; in the plural lāpsūs, “slippings”, thFirst 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.
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