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▪ I. hyphenate, v.|ˈhaɪfəneɪt|
[f. hyphen n. + -ate3.]
trans. = hyphen v.
1892Guardian 14 Sept. 1358 We ought to hyphenate ‘noble-simple’ [Shakes. Cymb. iii. iv. 133]. Cloten is noble by rank, but ‘simple’, that is, a clown, by nature and habit.
Hence hypheˈnation, the action of joining by a hyphen.
188619th Cent. May 700 Arbitrary italicising, meaningless bracketing, and senseless hyphenation.
▪ II. ˈhyphenate, n.
[f. hyphenated a. 2.]
A hyphenated person.
1916Yorks. Post 4 Mar. 6/7 The Hyphenates throughout the country are greatly excited. 1920Glasgow Herald 27 Nov. 6 This political hyphenate or composite is desirous of running a Home Rule for Scotland campaign. 1922Contemp. Rev. Dec. 693 The ‘hyphenates’—Irish and Germans, Poles and Russians and Italians—..joined in the condemnation of Wilsonism. |