Result from Foreign Dictionaries (2 entries found)
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Apocope \A*poc"o*pe\, n. [L., fr. Gr. ? a cutting off, fr. ? to
cut off; ? from + ? to cut.]
1. The cutting off, or omission, of the last letter,
syllable, or part of a word.
[1913 Webster]
2. (Med.) A cutting off; abscission.
[1913 Webster] Apocrisiary
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
apocope
n 1: abbreviation of a word by omitting the final sound or
sounds; "the British get `pud' from `pudding' by apocope"