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lapsus pennæ

lapsus pennæ noun: synonym of slip of the pen.

Noun

lapsus pennæ (plural lapsus pennæ)

  1. (formal) Synonym of slip of the pen.
    • But the ipse dixit — or, perhaps, more properly, the lapsus pennæ — of one man, even if that man is a writer in the Edinburgh Review, cannot make leniency a good English word.1875, Edward Sherman Gould, Good English
    Synonyms:
    slip of the pen

Synonyms of lapsus pennæ

Forms of lapsus pennæ

plurallapsus pennæ

Questions about lapsus pennæ

What does lapsus pennæ mean?
Lapsus pennæ means synonym of slip of the pen.
What part of speech is lapsus pennæ?
Lapsus pennæ is a noun.
What is the plural of lapsus pennæ?
The plural of lapsus pennæ is lapsus pennæ.

Words near lapsus pennæ in the dictionary

  1. lapsus digitorum
  2. lapsus linguae
  3. lapsus linguæ
  4. lapsus memoriae
  5. lapsus oculi
  6. lapsus pennæ
  7. lapsus plumae
  8. lapsus plumæ
  9. lapt
  10. lapta
  11. Laptev Sea

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