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HAPLOGRAPHY

\haplˈɒɡɹəfi], \haplˈɒɡɹəfi], \h_a_p_l_ˈɒ_ɡ_ɹ_ə_f_i]\

Definitions of HAPLOGRAPHY

1908 - Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary of the English Language
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hap-log'raf-i, n. the inadvertent writing of a letter or word, or series of letters or words, once, when it should be written twice. [Gr. haploos, single, graphia, graphein, to write.]

1908 - Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary of the English Language
By Thomas Davidson

The mistake of writing once what should be written twice (e.g. philogy for philology), cf. DITTOGRAPHY. [Greek]

1919 - The concise Oxford dictionary of current English
By Sir Augustus Henry

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