HYPHEN


Meaning of HYPHEN in English

— hyphenic /huy fen"ik/ , adj.

/huy"feuhn/ , n.

1. a short line (-) used to connect the parts of a compound word or the parts of a word divided for any purpose.

v.t.

2. hyphenate.

[ 1595-1605; hyphén (adv.) together, deriv. of hyph' hén (prep. phrase), equiv. to hyp ( ó ) under (see HYPO-) + hén, neut. of heîs one ]

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