lipogram

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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".

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