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Noun

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    A unit of speech or text that respects the phonotactic restrictions of a language, but is not part of the lexicon; a non-word whose nonexistence is merely an accidental gap.

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Plural
pseudowords

Popularity over time

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Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.