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irreption

irreption noun: a creeping in.

Noun

irreption (plural irreptions)

  1. A creeping in.
    • He comes closer to business with his remarks on the irreption of rhyme into Greek and Latin poetry...1961, George Saintsbury, A History of Criticism and Literary Taste in Europe: From the Renaissance to the decline of eighteenth century orthodoxy, page 183

Forms of irreption

pluralirreptions

Origin of irreption

From Late Latin irrēptiō, from Latin irrēpō (“to creep in”) + -tiō (suffix forming action nouns).

Questions about irreption

What does irreption mean?
Irreption means a creeping in.
What part of speech is irreption?
Irreption is a noun.
What is the plural of irreption?
The plural of irreption is irreptions.

Words near irreption in the dictionary

  1. irreproducibly
  2. irreprovable
  3. irreprovableness
  4. irreprovably
  5. irreps
  6. irreption
  7. irreptions
  8. irreptitious
  9. irreptitiously
  10. irrepublican
  11. irrepudiable

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