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lipogram

lipogram noun: a word or writing that does not use a particular symbol or symbols.

Noun

lipogram (plural lipograms)

  1. A word or writing that does not use a particular symbol or symbols.
    • "Transubstantiationalists" is a particularly long single-word lipogram, not using the letter "e".
    • Gadsby is a particularly long novel considering that it is very nearly a lipogram that does not use the letter "e".

lipogram meaning in Arabic and Persian

lipogram in Arabic

word or writing that does not use a particular symbol or symbols
حذف ḥaḏf

lipogram in Persian

word or writing that does not use a particular symbol or symbols
ستردگی

Forms of lipogram

plurallipograms

Origin of lipogram

From Ancient Greek λειπογγράμμα (leipongrámma), from λείπω (leípō, “leaving out”) + γράμμα (grámma, “letter”), 18th c. By surface analysis, lipo- + -gram.

Questions about lipogram

What does lipogram mean?
Lipogram means a word or writing that does not use a particular symbol or symbols.
What is lipogram in Arabic?
Lipogram in Arabic is حذف (ḥaḏf). See Lipogram meaning in Arabic.
What part of speech is lipogram?
Lipogram is a noun.
What is the plural of lipogram?
The plural of lipogram is lipograms.

Words near lipogram in the dictionary

  1. lipoglycoprotein
  2. lipoglycoproteins
  3. lipograft
  4. lipografting
  5. lipografts
  6. lipogram
  7. lipogrammatic
  8. lipogrammatism
  9. lipogrammatist
  10. lipogrammatists
  11. lipograms

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