| 单词 | ghost word |
| 释义 | > as lemmasghost word ghost word n. a word or word form that has come into existence by error rather than established usage, e.g. as a result of a typographical error, the incorrect transcription of a manuscript, an incorrect definition in a dictionary, etc. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > linguistic unit > word > [noun] > ghost word ghost word1887 ghost name1891 ghost form1894 1887 W. W. Skeat in Trans. Philol. Soc. 1885–7 20 350 Report upon ‘Ghost-words’, or Words which have no real Existence... We should jealously guard against all chances of giving any undeserved record of words which had never any real existence, being mere coinages due to the blunders of printers or scribes, or to the perfervid imaginations of ignorant or blundering editors. 1888 W. W. Skeat in Notes & Queries 30 June 504/1 The word meant is estures, bad spelling of estres; and eftures is a ghost-word. 1977 Time 26 Dec. 54/2 He [sc. Murray] found a special class of ‘ghost words’, misspelled or ill-defined items that had been admitted to some previous dictionary, thus undergoing an illegitimate birth. 2019 TendersInfo (Nexis) 21 May The project will uncover previously unrecorded words, excise ghost words and suggest new or revised definitions. < as lemmas |
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