Etacism

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Etacism \E"ta*cism\, n. [Gr. ? the letter ?, ?. Cf. {Itacism}.]
     (Greek Gram.)
     The pronunciation of the Greek [eta] (eta) like the Italian e
     long, that is like a in the English word ate. See {Itacism}.
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