Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for SYN-A-LE'PHA
SYN-A-LE'PHA, n. [Gr. συναλοιφη.]
In grammar, a contraction of syllables by suppressing some vowel or diphthong at the end of a word, before another vowel or diphthong; as, ill' ego, for ille ego.
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