English Explanatory Dictionary

nonsense word

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

A neologised word that does not have a given meaning, or that has been invented without any etymological sense.

Word forms

nonsense word nonsense words

Etymology

From nonsense + word.

Related words

neologism non-word nonce word protologism pseudoword

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