lipography
(lɪˈpɒgrəfɪ)
[f. Gr. λιπ-, weak stem of λείπειν to leave, be wanting + -graphy.]
The omission of a letter or syllable in writing.
| 1888 J. Gow Compan. to Classics 55 Haplography or Lipography, writing once a letter or syllable which should be written twice, is a special and very common case of omission. 1893 Classical Rev. Oct. 360/2 The reading..is invoked as evidence for ancient tradition: is it not simply a case of lipography? |