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Word: Metaplasm
Speech Type: Noun
Old English. From post-classical Latin metaplasmus (3rd century; recorded in classical Latin authors as a Greek word) from Hellenistic Greek μεταπλασμός from ancient Greek μετα- + -πλασμός (from πλάσσειν to mould, form + -μος, suffix forming nouns), after μεταπλάσσειν to model differently, remould
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