lipogram

English

Etymology

Back-formation from lipogrammatos, "wanting an uncial".

Noun

lipogram (plural lipograms)

  1. A word, or writing which omits a symbol or symbols.
    "transubstantiationalists" is a particularly long lipogram

Related terms

antilipo
lipogramatic
liponol
liponym

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Last modified on 29 March 2011, at 19:18