lapsus linguae

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lapsus linguae

/ˌlæpsəs ˈlɪŋɡwiː/ UK

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From Latin lāpsus linguae (literally “slip or fault of the tongue”), from lāpsus (“fault”) and linguae (the genitive form of lingua (“tongue”)).

noun lapsus linguae · lapsus linguæ

formal An inadvertent remark; a slip of the tongue. a1789, Rev. Mr. Bramston, "The Art of Politics, in Imitation of Horace’s Art of Poetry", Epistle X in John Bell (ed.), Classical Arrangement of Fugitive Poetry, Volume V, John Bell (1789), page 112, Is there a man on earth so perfect found, / Who ne’er mistook a word in sense or sound ? / Not blund’

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noun An inadvertent remark

Español	lapsus línguae
Ελληνικά	παραδρομή της γλώσσας paradromí tis glóssas

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@misc{lapsus_linguae_2026,
  title = {lapsus linguae},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/lapsus%20linguae},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}