lipogrammatic

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The Greeks composed lipogrammatic works; works in which one letter of the alphabet is omitted.

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  1. Pertaining to the writing of lipograms; also, of the nature of a lipogram. The Greeks composed lipogrammatic works, works in which one letter of the alphabet is omitted. I. Disraeli, Curios. of Lit., I. 385.

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  1. from Greek λιπογράμματος, λειπογράμματος, with a letter left out, from λείπειν, λιπεῑν, leave, be lacking, + γράμμα, a letter. Cf. lipogram.
 

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