syncope
1 antonym for syncope — opposites grouped by meaning.
Noun — The dropping of a sound, often a vowel, from the middle of a word, sometimes losing a whole syllable.
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Etymology
Learned borrowing from Late Latin syncopē, from Ancient Greek συγκοπή (sunkopḗ), from συγκόπτω (sunkóptō, “cut up”) + -η (-ē, nominalization suffix), from σύν (sún, “beside, with”) + κόπτω (kóptō, “strike, cut off”). Partly continues the (near-)doublets syncopis and sincopin, both from the Old French sincopin (“faintne...
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