"ghostword" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: ghostwords [plural]
Etymology: From ghost + word. Etymology templates: {{af|en|ghost|word}} ghost + word Head templates: {{en-noun}} ghostword (plural ghostwords)
  1. Alternative form of ghost word Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: ghost word
    Sense id: en-ghostword-en-noun-ig3wPBSt Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1922, Otto B. Schlutter, “Is There Any Evidence for an Alleged OE. Wyhtel 'Quail'?”, in Neophilologus",
          "text": "Who is really responsible for this ghostword. I have not been able to make it out yet.",
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          "ref": "2005, Michael Lapidge, Katherine O'Brien O'Keeffe, Andy Orchard, Latin Learning and English Lore",
          "text": "It is to Bengt Löfstedt that we owe valuable information concerning the 'ghostword' geo.",
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          "ref": "2020, Luca Lorenzetti, “Italian: Normative Dictionaries”, in Manual of Standardization in the Romance Languages",
          "text": "Incidentally, the ghostword *falbanda does exist in Italian only on the dictionary page[.]",
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