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Definition of "calami" []

  • Plural of calamus. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "calami" in a sentence
  • "Nonetheless, your resident Latin censor—dash it all—must have been dozing when he allowed a certain lapsus calami aka “slip of the pen” to pass his watchful eye."
  • "Nephelokokkygia, from Aristophanes' Birds -a simple lapsus calami, "niente di importante""
  • "Thanks very much indeed to the vigilant pair who pointed out my lapsus calami I can't dignify it with the phrase 'deliberate error'! replacing Birds with Clouds..."