Back-form

noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A back-formation; a word formed by removing a perceived morpheme from an older word.
Verb
  1. 1
    To form a word by a back-formation process. transitive

Synonyms

All synonyms
back-formation

Etymology

A back-formation from back-formation.

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