lapsus
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of lapsus
1660–70; < Latin lāpsus; lapse
Example Sentences
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Did you suffer a "lapsus typographicus," or has absolute zero retreated over 159� since I went to school ?
From Time Magazine Archive
Reminded that technically the war was over for Russia, Kisselev confessed a "lapsus linguae."
From Time Magazine Archive
What have I done besides a little lapsus lingu�?
From Dryden's Works Vol. 3 (of 18) Sir Martin Mar-All; The Tempest; An Evening's Love; Tyrannic Love by Dryden, John
De celis lapsus rutilans accenditur ignis, et peragit proprium protinus officium.
From The Latin & Irish Lives of Ciaran Translations Of Christian Literature. Series V. Lives Of The Celtic Saints by MacAlister, R.A. Stewart
The nom de plume of the Texas bovine escaped attention, and it passed as an enjoyable lapsus linguæ.
From From Manassas to Appomattox Memoirs of The Civil War in America by Longstreet, James
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