irreption

English

Etymology

ir- + rept- + ion, from Latin rept-, past participle stem of rēpere "to crawl, creep."

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

• Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “irreption”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.