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1. n. a word word/invented">invented (usually unwittingly by subtracting an affix) on the assumption that a familiar word derives from it Source: wordnet
2. n. a word word/invented">invented (usually unwittingly by subtracting an affix) on the assumption that a familiar word derives from it Source: ecdict

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word affix assumption derives familiar invented subtracting unwittingly

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