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