lapsus calami
lapsus calami noun: synonym of slip of the pen.
Noun
lapsus calami (plural lapsus calami)
- Synonym of slip of the pen.
- Near-synonyms: writo; miswriting; misprint; typo
- Unfortunately, there are two lapsus calami, which I missed in my review of the proof. They are as follows:
• third paragraph, last line: the word “proximal” should be “proximate”
• fourth paragraph, fourth last line: the word “ancestor” should be “ancestry”
• in the same paragraph, the clause “The...1995, Annals, volume 28, page 5, column 2
- Synonyms:
- lapsus plumæ, writo, miswriting, misprint, typo, slip of the pen
Synonyms of lapsus calami
Forms of lapsus calami
| plural | lapsus calami |
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Origin of lapsus calami
From Latin lāpsus calamī (literally “slip of the pen”), from calamus (“pen”).
Questions about lapsus calami
- What does lapsus calami mean?
- Lapsus calami means synonym of slip of the pen.
- What part of speech is lapsus calami?
- Lapsus calami is a noun.
- What is the plural of lapsus calami?
- The plural of lapsus calami is lapsus calami.
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