hyphenizev.
/ˈhʌɪfənʌɪz/ transitive. = hyphen v.
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society > communication > writing > written character > punctuation > punctuate [verb (transitive)] > hyphen
hyphen1814
hyphenize1869
hyphenate1892
1869 South. Rev. July 59 A flood of absurdities, many of which are badly hyphenised elongations of existing vocables.
1879 Daily News 20 Nov. 4/6 The reconciliation of Austria and Hungary, and the predominance of the latter in a hyphenized monarchy.
Derivatives
hypheniˈzation n. the action of joining or writing with a hyphen.
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society > communication > writing > written character > punctuation > [noun] > hyphen > use of
hyphenization1851
hyphenation1886
hyphening1929
1851 Notes & Queries 1st Ser. 4 204/1 A neglect of mental hyphenization often leads to mistake as to an author's meaning.
1894 Sunday Sch. Times (Philadelphia) 3 Feb. No two writers, probably, would agree as to the hyphenization of any fifty words taken at random.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
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