emvowel

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WOTD - 13 June 2010    

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[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

By analogy with disembowel; attributed to Henry Fielding (1707-1754).

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emvowel (third-person singular simple present emvowels, present participle emvowelling, simple past and past participle emvowelled)

  1. (dated, humorous) To replace a portion of a person's name with a dash in printing, in order to avoid libel.
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