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mĕtăcismus

mĕtăcismus · m

a frequent repetition of the letter

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What it meant

mĕtăcismus — Lewis & Short

mĕtăcismus, i, m.for mytacismus, = mutakismo/s, from mu=,

I a frequent repetition of the letter M, Mart. Cap. 5, § 514; also the pronunciation of M at the close of a word before a word beginning with a vowel, metacism, Diom. p. 448 P.

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission.

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