hyphenation

Variant of hyphenate

hyphenate definition

hy·phen·ate (hī′fə nāt′; for adj., -nit, -nāt′)

transitive verb hyphenated -·at′ed, hyphenating -·at′·ing

  1. to connect or separate by a hyphen
  2. to write or print with a hyphen

adjective

hyphenated

noun

a person who has more than one job or function, as in the film industry a producer-director-writer is a Hollywood hyphenate

Etymology: < the use of hyphens to separate job titles

Related Forms:

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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