synaloepha noun. [sɪnǝ'li:fǝ] Also synaloephe [-fi], *synalepha. M16.
[Late Latin from Greek sunaloiphē, from sunaleiphein smear or melt together, from sun- SYN- + aleiphein anoint.]
Grammar & Prosody. Contraction of two syllables into one; esp. (in verse) the obscuration of a vowel at the end of a word when the next word begins with a vowel.

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