Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

lipogram

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: li-pogram
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A word or writing that does not use a particular symbol or symbols.

Example Sentences

""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"."

Etymology

From Ancient Greek λειπογγράμμα (leipongrámma), from λείπω (leípō, “leaving out”) + γράμμα (grámma, “letter”), 18th c. By surface analysis, lipo- + -gram.

Origin

Source language: Ancient Greek

Word Breakdown

Root: λειπογγράμμα

Inflected Forms

lipograms (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

antilipo lipogrammatic lipography liponym pangram lipidogram

Questions

What does lipogram mean?: A word or writing that does not use a particular symbol or symbols.
Where does lipogram come from?: It is traced to Ancient Greek.

How to pronounce lipogram

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