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  • noun Plural form of synaeresis.

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  • In the proper context (and with proper social support) syncopes, elisions (and resultant provections), synaereses and the like are respectable, and almost any speech written phonetically can look silly.

    VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol XIV No 3 1988

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