irreption
English edit
Etymology edit
ir- + rept- + ion, from Latin rept-, past participle stem of rēpere "to crawl, creep."
Noun edit
irreption (plural irreptions)
- 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 edit
- Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “irreption”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.