irreption

English

Etymology

From Late Latin irrēptiō, from Latin irrēpō (“to creep in”) + -tiō (suffix forming action nouns).[1][2]

Noun

irreption (plural irreptions)

  1. A creeping in.
    • 1961, George Saintsbury, A History of Criticism and Literary Taste in Europe: From the Renaissance to the decline of eighteenth century orthodoxy, page 183:
      He comes closer to business with his remarks on the irreption of rhyme into Greek and Latin poetry...

References

  1. ^ “irreption, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
  2. ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2025), “irreption (n.)”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
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