emvowel.
To replace a portion of a person's name with a dash in printing, in order to avoid libel.
Meaning & usage
To replace a portion of a person's name with a dash in printing, in order to avoid libel.
Where this word comes from
Coined by Henry Fielding (1707-1754) as a jocular alteration of embowel (“disembowel”).
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