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Syllable division derived from spelling — this word is not in the pronouncing dictionary, so no phonetic transcription is shown rather than a guessed one.
back-formation is a noun meaning "a word invented (usually unwittingly by subtracting an affix) on the assumption that a familiar word derives from it". It carries one recorded sense.
a word invented (usually unwittingly by subtracting an affix) on the assumption that a familiar word derives from it
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for back-formation come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.