I*o"ta*cism (?), n. [Gr. a laying too much stress upon the iota (ι): 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 ε, ι, η, υ, ει, etc., like ι.
Littr'e.
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