lipogram
noun
a written work composed of words chosen so as to avoid the use of one or more specific alphabetic characters.
lipogrammatic
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a word derived from
lipogram.
Example Sentences
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There’s something adrenalizing about works made under creative constraints: haikus, black-and-white photography, Brompton bikes and Georges Perec’s lipogrammatic novels.
From New York Times ● Apr. 5, 2022
The Greeks composed lipogrammatic works; works in which one letter of the alphabet is omitted.
From Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 by Isaac Disraeli
