/ɪˈlaɪd/

verb

1 a to suppress. b omit. c ignore. d pass over. 2 a to break or dash in pieces. b to demolish. 3 a to cut off, as a vowel or a syllable, usually the final one. b to subject to elision.

Bragging to his friends about the girl he fucked the night before, Henry chose to elide that she was fat and had some sort of skin issue. Proving himself a stud was what mattered most, and well worth the risk associated with sharing a mattress with a communicable rash.


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Modern Language Association (MLA Style)

“Elide.” The Effin’ Word, The Effin’ Word, https://effinwords.com/dictionary/elide. Accessed 4 June 2023.

The Effin’ Word, s.v. “elide”, accessed June 4, 2023, https://effinwords.com/dictionary/elide.

The Effin’ Word. (n.d.). Elide. In The Effin’ Word. Retrieved June 4, 2023, from https://effinwords.com/dictionary/elide


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