lipogram

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek λειπογγράμμα (leipongrámma), from λείπω (leípō, “leaving out”) +‎ γράμμα (grámma, “letter”), 18th c.

Noun

lipogram (plural lipograms)

1. (literature) A word or writing that does not use a particular symbol or symbols.

   "Transubstantiationalists" is a particularly long single-word lipogram, not using the letter "e".

Related terms

• antilipo
• lipogrammatic
• liponym
• pangram

Translations

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

Arabic: حذف m (ḥaḏf) Armenian: լիպոգրամա (hy) (lipograma) Catalan: lipograma m Chinese: Mandarin: 漏字文 (lòuzìwén) Dutch: lipogram (nl) n Esperanto: lipogramo Finnish: lipogrammi (fi) French: lipogramme (fr) m German: Leipogramm (de) n Greek: λειπόγραμμα f (leipógramma) Hungarian: lipogramma Ido: lipogramo (io) Italian: lipogramma (it) m Korean: 리포그램 (ripogeuraem) Persian: ستردگی Portuguese: lipograma m Russian: липограмма f (lipogramma) Slovene: lipográm m Spanish: lipograma (es) m Ukrainian: ліпограма f (lipohrama)

See also

• lipidogram

Further reading

• lipogram on Wikipedia.Wikipedia