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We found 16 dictionaries with English definitions that include the word back-formation: Click on the first link on a line below to go directly to a page where "back-formation" is defined. General (14 matching dictionaries) back-formation: Compact Oxford English Dictionary [home, info] back-formation: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language [home, info] back-formation: Merriam-Webster's Online Dictionary, 11th Edition [home, info] Back-formation: Wiktionary [home, info] back-formation: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed. [home, info] back-formation: Dictionary.com [home, info] back-formation: UltraLingua English Dictionary [home, info] Back-formation: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia [home, info] back-formation: Rhymezone [home, info] back-formation: Free Dictionary [home, info] back-formation: Mnemonic Dictionary [home, info] back-formation: WordNet 1.7 Vocabulary Helper [home, info] back-formation: LookWAYup Translating Dictionary/Thesaurus [home, info] back-formation: Dictionary/thesaurus [home, info] Art (1 matching dictionary) Back-formation: Lexicon of Linguistics [home, info] Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary) back-formation: Wordcraft Dictionary [home, info]

Quick definitions (back-formation) ▸ noun:  a word invented (usually unwittingly by subtracting an affix) on the assumption that a familiar word derives from it Test Your Skills -- Try the SAT Question of the Day.

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