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  1. ghost words: Merriam-Webster
  2. ghost words: Collins English Dictionary
  3. ghost words: Vocabulary.com
  4. ghost words: Wiktionary
  5. Ghost words: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  6. ghost words: TheFreeDictionary.com

(Note: See ghost_word as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (ghost word)

noun:  (linguistics) A fictitious or erroneous word, originally meaningless (not used in practice), that has been published in a dictionary or similarly authoritative reference work or otherwise listed as genuine, generally as the result of misinterpretation, misreading, or typographical error.
▸ Also see ghost_word


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