Iotacism

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

  Iotacism \I*o"ta*cism\ ([-i]*[=o]"t[.a]*s[i^]z'm), n. [Gr.
     'iotakismo`s a laying too much stress upon the iota ([iota]):
     cf. F. iotacisme. See {Iota}.]
     The frequent use of the sound of iota (that of English e in
     be), as among the modern Greeks; also, confusion from
     sounding [epsilon], [iota], [eta], [upsilon],


     [epsilon][iota], etc., like [iota]. --Littr['e].
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