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lapsus auris en · NOUN

Etymology

From Latin lāpsus auris (“lapse of the ear”). Compare lapsus linguae, lapsus oculi.

Meanings

1. (formal, rare) An instance of mishearing, an error in hearing something correctly.
   • Baudouin deems it necessary to exclude from that domain such phenomena as established alternations, sound correspondences in different languages, lapsus linguae and lapsus auris, as well as sound substitutions due to dialect mixture and analogy (including hypercorrection). 1997, Arleta Adamska-Sałaciak, “Baudouin de Courtenay on Lautgesetze”, in Raymond Hickey, Stanisław Puppel, editors, Language History and Linguistic Modelling: A Festschrift for Jacek Fisiak on his 60th Birthday, volume I (Language History), Berlin; New York, N.Y.: Mouton de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 913:

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mishearing