Usually means: Mistake made while writing something.
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  1. lapsus calami: Merriam-Webster
  2. lapsus calami: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. lapsus calami: Wiktionary
  4. lapsus calami: Dictionary.com
  5. Lapsus calami: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

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▸ noun:  (formal) Synonym of slip of the pen.

Similar:
lapsus, slip of the pen, lapsus linguae, lapsus digiti, lapsus memoriae, lapsus muris, lapsus plumæ, slip, lapsus oculi, slip-up, more...

Opposite:
lapsus linguae, typo, mistake, error

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Similar:
lapsus, slip of the pen, lapsus linguae, lapsus digiti, lapsus memoriae, lapsus muris, lapsus plumæ, slip, lapsus oculi, slip-up, more...

Opposite:
lapsus linguae, typo, mistake, error



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