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back-formed

adj

Etymology

First attested in 1911 (adjective sense 1).

Definitions

  1. Formed by back-formation.

    • To coin an example from this very word [sc. backformation], we might use the phrase, «such and such a word is back-formed from etc.»

  2. simple past and past participle of back-form

    • To coin an example from this very word [sc. backformation], we might use the phrase, «such and such a word is back-formed from etc.»

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for back-formed. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA