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单词 syncopist
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syncopistn.

/ˈsɪŋkəpɪst/
Etymology: < syncope n. + -ist suffix.
One who syncopates a word; spec. one who omits vowels or other letters, esp. in proper names or titles, and supplies their places with dashes, dots, or asterisks, as in satirical writing.Apparently an isolated use.
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1715 J. Addison Spectator No. 567. ¶8 In order to outshine all this modern Race of Syncopists,..I intend shortly to publish a Spectator that shall not have a single Vowel in it.

Derivatives

ˈsyncopism n. the practice of so writing a word, or a word so written. (In recent dictionaries.)
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1919; most recently modified version published online September 2019).
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