Meaning Of The Word Ghost word

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Ghost word Meaning

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Ghost word Definition

What's The Definition Of Ghost word?

ghost word in American English
a word created through misreading of manuscripts, misunderstanding of grammatical elements, etc. and never really established in a language
noun: a word that has come into existence by error rather than by normal linguistic transmission, as through the mistaken reading of a manuscript, a scribal error, or a misprint

ghost word in British English
noun: a word that has entered the language through the perpetuation, in dictionaries, etc, of an error

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