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lipogrammatic

lipogrammatic adjective: of the nature of a lipogram, i.e. omitting a letter; composed of words not having a certain letter or letters.

Adjective

lipogrammatic (not comparable)

  1. Of the nature of a lipogram, i.e. omitting a letter; composed of words not having a certain letter or letters.
    • lipogrammatic writings/novels

Origin of lipogrammatic

From Ancient Greek λιπογράμματος (lipográmmatos, “missing a letter”), from λείπω (leípō) + γράμμα (grámma). Compare French lipogrammatique.

Questions about lipogrammatic

What does lipogrammatic mean?
Lipogrammatic means of the nature of a lipogram, i.e. omitting a letter; composed of words not having a certain letter or letters.
What part of speech is lipogrammatic?
Lipogrammatic is an adjective.

Words near lipogrammatic in the dictionary

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

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