provection
English
Etymology
Latin provectio (“an advancement”).
Noun
provection (plural provections)
- (linguistics) The carrying forward of a final consonant to a following word, as in "nickname" for "an ekename".
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for provection in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)
Anagrams
- cover point