Definitions for elisions

elisions e·li·sion

Spelling: [ih-lizh-uh n]
IPA: /ɪˈlɪʒ ən/

Elisions is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 9 points.

You can make 192 anagrams from letters in elisions (eiilnoss).

Definitions for elisions

noun

  1. the omission of a vowel, consonant, or syllable in pronunciation.
  2. (in verse) the omission of a vowel at the end of one word when the next word begins with a vowel, as th'orient.
  3. an act or instance of eliding or omitting anything.

Origin of elisions

1575-85; Latin ēlīsiōn- (stem of ēlīsiō) a striking out, equivalent to ēlīs(us) (past participle of ēlīdere; see elide) + -iōn- -ion

Examples for elisions

What has been said about syncope applies also to the relative spheres of elision and hiatus.

Note that there is no elision with entre except in compound verbs (entr'ouvrir, etc.).

An elision for creepeth; possibly an intermediate etymological state of creeps.

And when this elision is proper, and when not, the Ear is a sufficient Judge.

I would as soon have my hair cut off as an intolerable Scotch shortness put into my titles by the elision of little words.

In these English hexameters I have used and advocate the use of Miltonic elision.

Otsataga, by elision, readily becomes Otstaga, and again Ostaga.

The elision is not a happy one, and the mere suppression of the "and" does not produce a satisfying line.

elision marks indicate that parts of this letter are omitted.

Such is the origin of the term Chicago,  which is a derivative, by elision and French annotation, from the word Chi-kaug-ong.

Word Value for elisions
Scrable

7

Words with friends

9

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