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Meaning of IOTACISM

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\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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