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lipogrammatic

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
li-pogram-mat-ic
IPA
22
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of the nature of a lipogram, i.e. omitting a letter; composed of words not having a certain letter or letters.

Example Sentences

Etymology

From Ancient Greek λιπογράμματος (lipográmmatos, “missing a letter”), from λείπω (leípō) + γράμμα (grámma). Compare French lipogrammatique.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: λιπογράμματος

Frequently Paired Words

lipogrammatism

Questions

What does lipogrammatic mean?
Of the nature of a lipogram, i.e. omitting a letter; composed of words not having a certain letter or letters.
Where does lipogrammatic come from?
It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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