Crossword-Solution: HYPHEN
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Hyphen | n. | A mark or short dash, thus [-], placed at the end of a line which terminates with a syllable of a word, the remainder of which is carried to the next line; or between the parts of many a compound word; as in fine-leaved, clear-headed. It is also sometimes used to separate the syllables of words. |
| Hyphen | v. t. | To connect with, or separate by, a hyphen, as two words or the parts of a word. |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
ETAER
Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with HYPHEN (5)
The hyphen may be used to connect a with the verbal substantive (as, aÐhunting, aÐbilding) or the words may be written separately.
One device much in favor is for the wife to attach her own family name to that of her husband by means of a hyphen.
The pill is disguised in sugar of wit; it is administered as a compliment—if you had not pleased, you would not have been censured; it is a personal affair—a hyphen, _a trait d’union_, between you and your censor; age’s philandering, for her pleasure and your good.
There were four occurrences of “journey-cake” and “journey-cakes” and no other occurrences of the word spelled without a hyphen.
Page 152: The word “three-score,” split across two lines with a hyphen, could be transcribed as “threescore” or “three-score.” Two lines after that word, a sentence began “Threescore years!” The word was hyphenated for spacing and not transcribed with a hyphen.
Quotes with HYPHEN (3)
Dearest creature in creation, Study English pronunciation. I will teach you in my verse Sounds like corpse, corps, horse, and worse. I will keep you, Suzy, busy, Make your head with heat grow dizzy. Tear in eye, your dress will tear. So shall I! Oh hear my prayer. Just compare heart, beard, and heard, Dies and diet, lord and word, Sword and sward, retain and Britain.(Mind the latter, how it’s written.) Now I surely will not plague you With such words as plaque and ague. But b…
As you can see, the hyphen is a nasty, tricky, evil little mark that gets its kicks igniting arguments in newsrooms and trying to make everyone in the English-speaking world look like an idiot - it's the Bill Maher of punctuation.
I would like a cappuccino," says Linus politely. "Thank you.""Your name?""I'll spell it for you," he says. "Z-W-P-A-E-N--""What?" She stares at him, Sharpie in hand." Wait, I haven't finished. Double F-hyphen-T-J-U-S. It's an unusual name, Linus adds gravely. "It's Dutch.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: Boston Globe, CrosSynergy, LAT, Newsday, NYT, Universal, USA TODAY, WSJ.
Used 28 times in crossword archives (1985–2023).