noun
a word form that has entered the language through the perpetuation of an error
• Hypernyms: ↑form, ↑word form, ↑signifier, ↑descriptor
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noun also ghost name : an accidental word form never in established usage; especially : one arising from an editorial or typographical error or a mistaken pronunciation (as phantomnation or dord)
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a word that has come into existence by error rather than by normal linguistic transmission, as through the mistaken reading of a manuscript, a scribal error, or a misprint.
[1885-90]
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ghost word noun
A word that has originated in a copyist's or printer's error
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Main Entry: ↑ghost
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ghost word,
an apparent word found in manuscript or print that owes its existence to the error of a scribe, editor, or printer.
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n. a word that is not actually used but is recorded in a dictionary or other reference work
Useful english dictionary. 2012.