Envowel
Definition & Meaning
Pronunciation /ɛnˈvaʊəl/ · Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Envowel is a verb meaning (dated, transitive, humorous, rare) to replace a portion of a person's name with a dash in printing, in order to avoid libel.
Meaning
(dated, transitive, humorous, rare) to replace a portion of a person's name with a dash in printing, in order to avoid libel.
Word Forms
- envowels
- envoweling
- envowelling
- envoweled
- envowelled
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include disemvowel, disenvowel, vail, elide, dasherize, unvail.
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