lapsus linguæ
lapsus linguæ is the archaic spelling of lapsus linguae.
Meaning of lapsus linguae
Noun
lapsus linguae (plural lapsus linguae)
- An inadvertent remark; a slip of the tongue.
- a1789, Rev. Mr. Bramston, "The Art of Politics, in Imitation of Horace’s Art of Poetry", Epistle X in John Bell (ed.), Classical Arrangement of Fugitive Poetry, Volume V, John Bell (1789), page 112,
Is there a man on earth so perfect found, / Who ne’er mistook a word in sense or sound ? / Not...
- a1789, Rev. Mr. Bramston, "The Art of Politics, in Imitation of Horace’s Art of Poetry", Epistle X in John Bell (ed.), Classical Arrangement of Fugitive Poetry, Volume V, John Bell (1789), page 112,
Forms of lapsus linguæ
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Questions about lapsus linguæ
- What is lapsus linguæ the archaic spelling of?
- Lapsus linguæ is the archaic spelling of lapsus linguae.
Words near lapsus linguæ in the dictionary
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