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[ adjective ] (of words) combined by means of a hyphen to form a unit
Examples "hyphenated words" "many feminists have chosen hyphenated names their children--today's so-called hyphenated babies" "multiculturalism nurtures respect for hyphenated identities" Used in print (Ralph J. Salisbury, "On the Old Santa Fe Trail...)Suddenly the Spanish became an English in which only one word emerged with clarity and precision , `` son_of_a_bitch '' , sometimes hyphenated by vicious jabs of a beer_bottle into Johnson 's quivering ribs . Related terms |
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