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disemvowelled

disemvowelled is the simple past and past participle of disemvowel.

Meaning of disemvowel

Verb

disemvowel (third-person singular simple present disemvowels, present participle (US) disemvoweling or (UK) disemvowelling, simple past and past participle (US) disemvoweled or (UK) disemvowelled)

  1. (humorous, sometimes, transitive) To remove the vowels from, for example, for the purpose of expurgating offensive words.
    • By the way, what has become of the conspiracy of Brander Matthews et als to disemvowel the English language? Not that it matters.1906 September 5, Puck, volume 60, number 1540, New York, N.Y.: Puck Pub. Co., →OCLC

Questions about disemvowelled

What is disemvowelled the simple past and past participle of?
Disemvowelled is the simple past and past participle of disemvowel.

Words near disemvowelled in the dictionary

  1. disempowerments
  2. disempowers
  3. disemvowel
  4. disemvoweled
  5. disemvoweling
  6. disemvowelled
  7. disemvowelling
  8. disemvowelment
  9. disemvowels
  10. disenable
  11. disenabled

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