Error Words
This one is a judgement call.
A word that got cut off, or scanner output that fell apart.
Some are truncations we can name, like amenorrho for amenorrhoea and analyt for analytic. Others are just noise.
If we can name the word that was meant it goes under Typo instead. If we cannot rebuild it at all it lands here.
407 words · sorted A to Z · each with a line on why it is here
Matches the word itself, not the note beside it. Case does not matter.
| Word, sorted Z to A | Our best guess |
|---|---|
| hyperdelness | truncated hyper- entry, cf. hyperdelicateness |
| hypho | combining form hypho- (Gk. hyphe, web) |
| hyporit | truncated, unrecoverable |
| hypotralia | OCR debris, perhaps hypotrachelia |
| ichth | truncated combining form ichthy- |
| idence | OCR tail of evidence/coincidence |
| imbroin | OCR debris, perhaps imbrown |
| imcnt | unrecoverable consonant string |
| immov | truncation of immov(able) |
| impropry | truncation of impropriety |
| inconcernino | OCR debris, perhaps "inconcerning" |
| incor | truncation, probably of incorporate |
| incorr | truncation, probably of incorrect |
| incra | truncated line, perhaps of incrassate |
| inctirate | OCR garble, unrecoverable |
| inctri | OCR debris, unrecoverable |
| inculp | truncation of inculpate |
| inductril | garbled, perhaps an inductor trade name |
| inglu | truncated line, perhaps of ingluvies |
| insistuvree | insisture and insistive zipped together, both within three lines above it. Shared head insist, then ure and ive interleave into uvree, insistive having lost its i. |
| interloli | unrecoverable OCR debris |
| intsv | unrecoverable consonant string, likely an abbreviation |
| iph | unrecoverable three-letter string, likely an abbreviation |
| ised | unrecoverable, suffix or OCR debris |
| isize | unrecoverable, suffix -ize entry debris |
| isort | unrecoverable, truncated string |
| itaves | unrecoverable, OCR debris |
| jonglem | truncated, perhaps jongleur/jonglery |
| killcu | truncated kill- compound |
| klva | abbreviation debris, cf. kVA |
| kmel | unrecoverable abbreviation debris |
| kwaznku | unrecoverable |
| lacrym | truncated form of lacryma or lacrymal |
| lampf | truncated, unrecoverable |
| lanaz | unrecoverable |
| leegatioen | garbled rendering of "legation" |
| leeshyy | garbled, with stray doubled -y |
| lehay | apparent truncation of lehayim |
| leiss | unrecoverable; likely OCR debris |
| lemogra | truncation of lemography |
| liebgeaitor | OCR debris, unrecoverable |
| limli | OCR debris, unrecoverable |
| ller | OCR debris, unrecoverable |
| macrli | OCR debris of a macro- word |
| mandragvn | OCR garble of a mandrag- word |
| mandyi | truncated or garbled mandyas |
| mantappeaux | OCR garble, apparently for manteaux |
| maskmv | OCR debris, unrecoverable |
| mbeuer | unrecoverable |
| memorda | OCR debris, perhaps from memoranda |
| mentary | truncation of a -mentary word, e.g. commentary |
| mentery | truncated line-break debris, no recoverable form |
| meuni | truncation, apparently of meunière |
| micraco | truncation, apparently of micracoustic |
| mikrkra | unrecoverable consonant string |
| millimetmhos | OCR debris from a units table, milli-/mhos |
| millnia | garbled, looks like "millennia" |
| misanalyzely | malformed adverb of "misanalyze" |
| missary | truncated (e)missary / (com)missary |
| moralioralist | OCR debris, apparently a garbled moralist |
| myoliposmias | myoliposis and myolipoma zipped together, the two lines directly above it. They share the head myolipo, then the tails alternate exactly, s m i a s being sis and ma. Nothing left over. |
| myologisral | OCR debris for myological/myologist |
| mythogreen | OCR debris near mythograph- |
| nasiei | entry-line debris around nasi- |
| naumk | truncated form, cf. Naumkeag |
| needn | truncated needn't |
| nific | truncated -nific word, e.g. magnific |
| nitriot | OCR debris around nitr-, unrecoverable |
| nomnem | OCR debris, perhaps Latin nomen |
| nonly | truncated non- entry line, unrecoverable |
| noticeabili | truncated noticeability |
| novelivelle | OCR debris, probably around novelle |
| nymss | unrecoverable, likely mangled nymphs |
| octdra | unrecoverable, likely OCR debris |
| offic | truncation of office or official |
| oooo | unrecoverable |
| ophthalm | combining form ophthalm- (eye) |
| opsy | stranded suffix -opsy (as in autopsy) |
| overtrimme | truncated overtrimmed/overtrimmer |
| paaneleinrg | repaneling. Doubled a, like paawkier and paaraphimosis beside it; the re then scattered into the tail. Nothing else in the list fits these letters. |
| paeounlae | OCR garble, probably paeoniae |
| paleon | looks like a truncated paleontology |
| palew | looks like a truncated palewise |
| parlia | looks like a truncated "parliament" |
| pedagogyaled | garbled inflection of pedagogy |
| pendn | garbled pendent or pending |
| peripherallies | bogus -ies plural made from "peripherally" |
| periryrle | OCR debris, possibly peristyle |
| pgntt | consonant-only string, unrecoverable |
| pgnttrp | consonant-only string, unrecoverable |
| phageda | truncation of phagedena |
| phantasmag | truncation of phantasmagoria |
| phaseun | OCR debris, unrecoverable |
| phenylethylmalonylure | truncation of phenylethylmalonylurea |
| phies | OCR debris, probably the ending -phies |
| philome | truncation, perhaps philomel |
| photograt | truncated, apparently photograph or photography |
| pigweabbits | OCR debris, perhaps from pigweed |
| pioxe | OCR debris, unrecoverable |
| planaru | OCR debris, apparently planaria(n) |
The other lists filed alongside this one.
