[f. Gr. λιπ-, weak stem of λείπειν to leave, be wanting + -GRAPHY.] The omission of a letter or syllable in writing.
1888. Gow, Compan. to Classics, 55. Haplography or Lipography, writing once a letter or syllable which should be written twice, is a special and very common case of omission.
1893. Classical Rev., Oct., 360/2. The reading … is invoked as evidence for ancient tradition: is it not simply a case of lipography?
