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hyphenitis

noun

Etymology

From hyphen + -itis.

  1. derived from ὑφέν
  2. suffixed as hyphenitis — “hyphen + itis”

Definitions

  1. The overuse of hyphens.

    • Writers suffering from hyphenitis produce pages which look very much like a speckled hen.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for hyphenitis. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA