See Also: itacism(dictionary)

itacism (iou)



itacism noun. M19.
[mod. Latin itacismus, from Greek eta ETA noun1, prob. after Latin iotacismus: see IOTACISM.]
Linguistics. In Greek, the pronunciation of the vowel eta as, or the reduction of various vowels and diphthongs to, the sound [i:] (represented in classical Greek by the letter iota); (an instance of) the erroneous substitution in Greek manuscripts of iota for another vowel or diphthong. Cf. IOTACISM.
itacist noun a person who practises or favours itacism M19.
itacistic adjective characterized by itacism L19.