lipogram
English
noun
Definitions
- (literature) A word or writing that does not use a particular symbol or symbols.
Etymology
Derived from Ancient Greek λειπογγράμμα, λείπω (leave, I leave, leaving out, release) + Ancient Greek γράμμα (letter, a small weight, a scruple, writing).
Origin
Ancient Greek
γράμμα
Gloss
letter, a small weight, a scruple, writing
Concept
Semantic Field
Modern world
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- gramophone English
- gramma Finnish
- tricho- Latin
- gramm Hungarian
- grammofoon Dutch, Flemish
- gramme French
- lipogramme French
- gramo Spanish, Castilian
- γράμμα Ancient Greek
- γράφω Ancient Greek
- γραμματεύς Ancient Greek
- διάγραμμα Ancient Greek
- λείπω Ancient Greek
- λειπογγράμμα Ancient Greek
- παραλείπω Ancient Greek
- ἀγράμματος Ancient Greek
- ἀπολείπω Ancient Greek
- ἐκλείπω Ancient Greek
- ὑπολείπω Ancient Greek
- *gerbʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *leykʷ- Proto-Indo-European
- -gram Norwegian Bokmål
- -grama Portuguese
- -gram Norwegian Nynorsk
- forrit Icelandic
- γράμμα Greek (modern)
- λείπω Greek (modern)
- germë Albanian
- gërmoj Albanian
- gërmë Albanian