APHESIS

noun
12 Scrabble
12 WWF
A 1
P 3
H 4
E 1
S 1
I 1
S 1

Definition

The loss of the initial unstressed vowel of a word.

"The word "scarp" is derived from "escarp" by aphesis."

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