LIPOGRAM

Meaning of LIPOGRAM in English

■ noun a composition from which the writer omits a certain letter or letters.

Derivatives

~matic adjective

Origin

C18: back-form. from Gk ~matos 'lacking a letter', from lip- , leipein 'leave (out)' + gramma 'letter'.

Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004

LIPOGRAM — ˈlipəˌgram, ˈlī- noun Etymology: Middle Greek lipogrammatos, adjective, lacking a letter, from Greek lipo- lipo- (II) + -grammatos (from grammat-, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
LIPOGRAM — (n.) A writing composed of words not having a certain letter or letters; -- as in the Odyssey of Tryphiodorus …
Английский словарь Webster
LIPOGRAM — ( n. ) A writing composed of words not having a certain letter or letters; -- as in the Odyssey …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
LIPOGRAM — — lipogrammatic /lip'oh greuh mat"ik, luy'poh-/ , adj. /lip"euh gram', luy"peuh-/ , n. a written work composed of words chosen …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
LIPOGRAM — n. text composed of words selected in order to avoid the use of one or more certain alphabetic characters, written …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
LIPOGRAM — noun a writing composed of words not having a certain letter or letters; as in the odyssey of tryphiodorus …
Webster English vocab
LIPOGRAMMATIC — | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷grəˈmad.ik adjective Etymology: Middle Greek lipogrammat os + English -ic : being a lipogram : having the character of a …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
LIPOGRAMMATIST — (n.) One who makes a lipogram.
Английский словарь Webster
LIPOGRAMMATIST — ( n. ) One who makes a lipogram.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
LIPOGRAMMATIST — noun one who makes a lipogram.
Webster English vocab
LIPID — lipogram a written text deliberately composed of words not having a certain letter (such as the Odyssey of Tryphiodorus, which …
Britannica English vocabulary

Concise Oxford English vocab

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