ghost word
Anglais[modifier le wikicode]
Étymologie[modifier le wikicode]
- (1887) Composé de ghost (« fantôme ») et de word (« mot »), créé par Walter William Skeat[1].
Locution nominale [modifier le wikicode]
| Singulier | Pluriel |
|---|---|
| ghost word \ˈɡoʊst ˌwɝd\ ou \ˈɡəʊst ˌwɜːd\ |
ghost words \ˈɡoʊst ˌwɝdz\ ou \ˈɡəʊst ˌwɜːdz\ |
ghost word \ˈɡoʊst ˌwɝd\ (États-Unis), \ˈɡəʊst ˌwɜːd\ (Royaume-Uni)
- (Lexicographie) Mot fantôme.
Voir aussi[modifier le wikicode]
- ghost word sur l’encyclopédie Wikipédia (en anglais)
Références[modifier le wikicode]
- ↑ Walter William Skeat, Report upon “Ghost-words,” or Words which have no real Existence, dans Transactions of the Philological Society, 1885-7, 1887 :
Dr Murray, as you will remember, wrote on one occasion a most able article, in order to justify himself in omitting from the Dictionary the word abacot, defined by Webster as “the cap of state formerly used by English kings, wrought into the figure of two crowns.” It was rightly and wisely rejected by our Editor on the ground that there is no such word, the alleged form being due to a complete mistake. […] I propose, therefore, to bring under your notice a few more words of the abacot type; words which will come under our Editor’s notice in course of time, and which I have little doubt that he will reject. As it is convenient to have a short name for words of this character, I shall take leave to call them “ghost-words.” Like ghosts, we may seem to see them, or may fancy that they exist; but they have no real entity.