adjective
- relating to or characterized by apocope; involving the loss or omission of a final sound, syllable, or letter from a word
Usage: linguistics; formal
Examples
- The word 'lab' is an apocopic form of 'laboratory'.
- In informal speech, 'apocopic reduction' occurs when speakers drop final syllables.
- The term 'phone' is apocopic, derived from 'telephone'.
- Linguists study apocopic processes across different languages and dialects.
- The word 'exam' represents an apocopic shortening of 'examination'.