Definition of "apocopation" []

• A word formed by removing the end of a longer word (noun)

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• "But it can't explain how he came up with something like this diabolical double whammy, a lyric that combines apocopation and internal rhyme -- in three-quarter time, no less."
• "The jussive ya'aseh is without the usual apocopation ya'as."