A metaplasm is a change in the orthography (and hence phonology) of a word. Originally it referred to techniques used in Ancient Greek and Latin poetry, or processes in those languages` grammar. ==Sound change== Many poetic metaplasms are useful for describing processes in the natural development of languages: ==Rhetoric== In rhetoric, metaplasm ....
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alteration in spelling of a word by adding, removing, or transposing letters
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• (n.) A change in the letters or syllables of a word.
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Synonym: cell inclusions. ... Origin: meta-+ G. Plasma, something formed ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
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Met'a·plasm noun [ Latin
metaplasmus , Greek ...; ... beyond, over + ... to mold: confer French
métaplasme .]
(Gram.) A change in the letters or syllables of a word.
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