| 单词 | letter dropper |
| 释义 | > as lemmasletter dropper letter dropper n. now rare a person who omits a letter or syllable from speech or writing; cf. lipogrammatist n. at lipogrammatic adj. Derivatives. ΚΠ 1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 59. ¶2 The Lipogrammatists or Letter-droppers of Antiquity. 1776 C. Burney Gen. Hist. Music I. 449 These instances of his being a Lipogrammatist, or letter-dropper, and of his particular enmity to the hissing letter S, are greater proofs of his patience and delicacy of ear, than of his genius or good taste. 1810 Classical Jrnl. Mar. (1824) 100 The French, who are great letter-droppers, obviate the latter inconvenience, by preserving the letters in writing, although they are silent in utterance. 1958 N. J. Jacobs Naming-day in Eden viii. 52 Writers who exclude from their literary productions certain letters for which they have conceived an active dislike are known as lipogrammatists or letter droppers. < as lemmas |
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