non-word

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From non- +‎ word.

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non-word (plural non-words)

  1. Any sequence of sounds or letters which is not considered to be a word, whether through an accidental gap (for example, phextapher-styphren) or through a systematic gap (for example, fssstpklyitnbkdv).
    • 1986, Daniel G. Marowski, Contemporary Literary Criticism, page 382:
      [] trashola prose features regular dollops of sub-literate laziness (including non-words like "arousement" and "assertation").

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