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irreption (iou)



irreption noun. L16.
[Late Latin irreptio(n-), from irrept- pa. ppl stem of irrepere creep in, from IR-1 + repere creep: see -ION.]
Creeping in, stealthy entrance; a thing which has crept in, esp. into a text.
Encounter Protection against casual and deplorable irreptions creeping into the language. G. W. S. Friedrichsen There had been casual but continued irreptions from the old Latin.
irreptitious adjective characterized by (an) irreption L17.