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Ghost Word

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Noun

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a word form that has entered the language through the perpetuation of an error

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Ghost Word

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noun
a word that has entered the language through the perpetuation, in dictionaries, etc, of an error

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Ghost Word

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a word created through misreading of manuscripts, misunderstanding of grammatical elements, etc. and never really established in a language

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Ghost Word

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n.
A word that has come into a dictionary, grammar, or other scholarly work as a result of a misreading or misinterpretation, as by mistaking a typographical error for an actual word.

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