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clipped form
noun
- a word formed by dropping one or more syllables from a longer word or phrase with no change in meaning, as deli from delicatessen or flu from influenza.
clipped form
noun
- a shortened form of a word, as for example doc for doctor
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So strong is the accent on the y, that the word has been reduced in E. to the clipped form 'vie; see Vie in my Etym.
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