Error Words
We're sure about this one.
A whole dictionary line squashed into one string instead of a word.
It is a headword plus something from its own entry, with the comma and hyphen removed. automatonta is the line automaton, -ta. newsmanmen is newsman, -men.
Sometimes the tail is a definition rather than an ending, so cibophobiafood is cibophobia with its meaning stuck on the back.
We did not start with this category. A reviewer found the pattern in the first batch and it got its own name.
109 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 | The original entry line |
|---|---|
| thrustpush | thrust + its own gloss "push" |
| thyrsusi | thyrsus, -i |
| tibiotarsusi | tibiotarsus, -i |
| tomiumia | tomium, -ia (cutting edge of a bird's bill) |
| underlielay | underlie, -lay |
| venenosusi | venenosus, -i |
| watertightal | watertight plus stray "al" from its entry line |
| weightwith | weight plus "with" carried over from its entry |
| xoanona | xoanon, -a; plural xoana, carved cult images |
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