Found 2 items, similar to aphaeresis.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: aphaeresis aphaeresis n : (linguistics) omission at the beginning of a word as in `coon' for `raccoon' or `till' for `until' [syn: apheresis]
English → English (gcide) Definition: aphaeresis aphaeresis \a*phaer"e*sis\, ||Aphaeresis \A*ph[ae]r"e*sis\(?; 277), n. [L.] Same as Apheresis. [1913 Webster]