listeme

noun
/ˈlɪstiːm/

Etymology

From list + -eme.

  1. derived from *leys-
  2. inherited from *līstā
  3. derived from lista
  4. derived from liste
  5. inherited from līste
  6. inherited from list
  7. suffixed as listeme — “list + eme

Definitions

  1. An item that is memorized as part of a list, as opposed to being generated by a rule.

    • Idioms such as "red herring" are listemes, as are irregular forms such as "geese".
    • A memorized chunk is sometimes called a listeme, that is, an item that has to be memorized as part of a list; one can argue that this book ought to have been called Listemes and Rules.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for listeme. 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