Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who writes lipograms.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who makes a lipogram.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun One who makes a
lipogram .
Etymologies
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Compare French lipogrammatiste.
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Examples
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Tryphiodorus, the lipogrammatist, who wrote an Odyssey in twenty-four books without once using the letter A.
History of English Humour, Vol. 1 (of 2) With an Introduction upon Ancient Humour Alfred Guy Kingan L'Estrange 1873
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In the body of the temple, and before the very face of the deity, methought I saw the phantom of Tryphiodorus, the lipogrammatist, engaged in a ball with four-and-twenty persons, who pursued him by turns through all the intricacies and labyrinths of a country dance, without being able to overtake him.
Essays and Tales Joseph Addison 1695
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