lapsus plumæ

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lapsus plumæ

/ˌlæpsəsˈpluːmiː/ UK
/ˌlæpsuːsˈpluːmiː/ UK

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First attested in 1844; Latin: lāpsus (“a slipping”; in the plural lāpsūs, “slippings”, the nominative plural form of lāpsus) + plūmae (“of the feather or plume”, the genitive singular form of plūma, “feather”, “plume”) = “a slipping of the feather” ≈ “a lapse of the plume” ≈ “a slip of the quill”; compare lapsus linguae and the English-coined French phrase nom de plume.

noun lapsus plumæ · lapsus plumae

formal Synonym of slip of the pen. Near-synonyms: writo; miswriting; misprint; typo
Similar: lapsus calami, writo, miswriting, misprint, typo, slip of the pen

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@misc{lapsus_plum_2026,
  title = {lapsus plumæ},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/lapsus%20plum%C3%A6},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}