"wordhood" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: word + -hood Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|word|hood}} word + -hood Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} wordhood (uncountable)
  1. The quality of being a word. Tags: uncountable Synonyms: wordness, wordship Translations (Translations): 単語性 (tangosei) (Japanese), 단어성 (daneoseong) (Korean)
    Sense id: en-wordhood-en-noun-m2t~QM2k Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -hood

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          "ref": "2009, Ben Zimmer, Mailbag Friday: \"Texted\"",
          "text": "You can call them nonstandard, colloquial, informal, casual, slangy, or even signs of the apocalypse, but there's no reason to deny them wordhood.",
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