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disemvowelling

disemvowelling is the present participle and gerund 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 disemvowelling

What is disemvowelling the present participle and gerund of?
Disemvowelling is the present participle and gerund of disemvowel.

Words near disemvowelling in the dictionary

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

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