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Definition of Lipogram
1. Noun. A text that excludes a particular letter or particular letters of the alphabet.
Definition of Lipogram
1. n. A writing composed of words not having a certain letter or letters; -- as in the Odyssey of Tryphiodorus there was no A in the first book, no B in the second, and so on.
Definition of Lipogram
1. Noun. A word, or writing which omits a symbol or symbols. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Lipogram
1. writing which excludes a certain letter [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Lipogram
Literary usage of Lipogram
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Macmillan's Magazine by David Masson, George Grove, John Morley, Mowbray Morris (1863)
"These proceed on a trick almost exactly the opposite of that of protracted
alliteration; for the essence of the lipogram (from the Greek ..."
2. Principles of English Etymology by Walter William Skeat (1892)
"... wanting a letter, whence E. lipogram. In Latin we have fid-tre (•=*/eid-ere],
to trust; in connection with which are the adj. fid-us, trusty, ..."
3. A Handy-book about Books: For Book-lovers, Book-buyers, and Book-sellers by John Power (1870)
"lipogram (bib.).—Gr., leipo, to leave, and gramma, a letter. A writing in which
a single letter is wholly omitted. —Boag. LITHOGRAPHY (print.). ..."
4. The American Bibliopolist (1874)
"lipogram (bibliography).—Greek, leipo, to leave, and gramma, a letter. A writing
in which a single letter is wholly omitted. —BOAG. LITHOGRAPHY (printing). ..."
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