lapsus pennæ en · NOUN
Meanings
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(formal) Synonym of slip of the pen.
But the ipse dixit — or, perhaps, more properly, the lapsus pennæ — of one man, even if that man is a writer in the Edinburgh Review, cannot make leniency a good English word.
1875, Edward Sherman Gould, Good English:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| lapsus pennæ | Number=Plur | lexicographic |