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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

nonword en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative spelling of non-word.
    alt of non-word
    • We used a nonword naming task to examine how English speakers assign stress to novel phonological forms. 2000, Zevin and Joanisse, Orthographic and Metrical Cues to English Stress:
    • Trevor quickly challenged my nonword and then cleverly played out with TITIAN 2004, Commentary on the 2004 African Scrabble Championships:

Forms

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nonwords Number=Plur lexicographic