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A word or writing that does not use a particular symbol or symbols.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: literature, media, publishing
Examples
- "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".
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
a text that excludes a particular letter or particular letters of the alphabet
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: text, textual matter
From Ancient Greek λειπογγράμμα (leipongrámma), from λείπω (leípō, “leaving out”) + γράμμα (grámma, “letter”), 18th c. By surface analysis, lipo- + -gram.
Across languages
Translations
20 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Arabic:
حذف
(ḥaḏf)
— word or writing that does not use a particular symbol or symbols
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Armenian:
լիպոգրամա
(lipograma)
— word or writing that does not use a particular symbol or symbols
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Catalan:
lipograma
— word or writing that does not use a particular symbol or symbols
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Chinese Mandarin:
漏字文
(lòuzìwén)
— word or writing that does not use a particular symbol or symbols
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Dutch:
lipogram
— word or writing that does not use a particular symbol or symbols
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Esperanto:
lipogramo
— word or writing that does not use a particular symbol or symbols
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Finnish:
lipogrammi
— word or writing that does not use a particular symbol or symbols
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French:
lipogramme
— word or writing that does not use a particular symbol or symbols
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German:
Leipogramm
— word or writing that does not use a particular symbol or symbols
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Greek:
λειπόγραμμα
(leipógramma)
— word or writing that does not use a particular symbol or symbols
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Hungarian:
lipogramma
— word or writing that does not use a particular symbol or symbols
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Ido:
lipogramo
— word or writing that does not use a particular symbol or symbols
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Italian:
lipogramma
— word or writing that does not use a particular symbol or symbols
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Korean:
리포그램
(ripogeuraem)
— word or writing that does not use a particular symbol or symbols
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Persian:
ستردگی
— word or writing that does not use a particular symbol or symbols
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Portuguese:
lipograma
— word or writing that does not use a particular symbol or symbols
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Russian:
липограмма
(lipogramma)
— word or writing that does not use a particular symbol or symbols
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Slovene:
lipográm
— word or writing that does not use a particular symbol or symbols
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Spanish:
lipograma
— word or writing that does not use a particular symbol or symbols
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Ukrainian:
ліпограма
(lipohrama)
— word or writing that does not use a particular symbol or symbols
