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ghost word

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Etymology

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Coined byWalter William Skeat in 1886; fromghost +‎word.

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Noun

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ghostword (pluralghost words)

  1. (linguistics) Afictitious orerroneous word,originallymeaningless (not used in practice), that has beenpublished in adictionary orsimilarlyauthoritativereference work or otherwise listed as genuine, generally as the result ofmisinterpretation,misreading, ortypographical error.
    Synonym:phantom word
    • 2006,Folia orientalia - Volumes 42-43, page467:
      Here such cases asghost words & misglosses, secondary semantics, different etymologies for one etymon or one etymology for different etyma, and finally semantic overpermissiveness are discussed.
    • 2014, James Lambert, “A Much Tortured Expression: A New Look At 'Hobson-Jobson'”, inInternational Journal of Lexicography, volume27, number 1, page65:
      Anglo-Indian English was recognised in colonial days as having unique features, but it was never called Hobson-Jobson at that time. Therefore, this is really aghost word, or, rather, a ghost meaning.

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a fictitious or erroneous word

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