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Date: 1600-1700
Language: Late Latin
Origin: Greek, from hyph' hen 'under one'

hyphen

 noun
     
Related topics: Letters and punctuation
hy‧phen [countable]
SLA a short written or printed line (-) that joins words or syllables [↪ dash]
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