ghost word
Noun
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Noun
ghost word (plural ghost words)
- A fictitious or erroneous word, originally meaningless, that has been published in a dictionary or similarly authoritative reference book, or has been listed as genuine, generally as the result of misinterpretation or a typographical error.
- French: mot fantôme
- Russian: несуществу́ющее сло́во
- Spanish: fantasma lexicográfico
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