释义 |
io·ta·cism \-ˌsizəm\ noun (-s) Etymology: Late Latin iotacismus, from Greek iōtakismos, from iōta iota : excessive use of the letter iota or I or a too frequent repetition of its sound; specifically : the use in modern Greek of the sound of iota (Eng. ē in bē) in speaking words written with other vowels or diphthongs (as ē, y, ei, oi) — compare itacism |