Outrageously Funny Word Dictionary :: Eliding

👉 Eliding is a literary device in which two or more words are combined to create a new word that has fewer syllables, but still conveys the same meaning as the original words. This can be used to convey a specific idea or emotion without using all of the individual words. For example: - "A man who loved his wife dearly and lost her" is an elided sentence because it uses two words, "he" and "lost," but it conveys a sense of loss and

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