"non-word" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: non-words [plural]
Etymology: From non- + word. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|non|word}} non- + word Head templates: {{en-noun}} non-word (plural non-words)
  1. Any sequence of sounds or letters which is not considered to be a word, whether through an accidental gap (for example, phextapher-styphren) or through a systematic gap (for example, fssstpklyitnbkdv). Synonyms: nonword Hyponyms: pseudoword Related terms: nonce word Translations (non-word): nonord [neuter] (Danish)

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "ref": "1986, Daniel G. Marowski, Contemporary Literary Criticism, page 382:",
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