English Explanatory Dictionary

backform

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Alternative form of back-form (“a back-formation”).
verb
  1. Alternative form of back-form.
noun
  1. (construction)

Word forms

backform backforms backforming backformed

Etymology

A back-formation from back-formation. By surface analysis, back- + form.

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