-
Backformed may
refer to: Backronym, i.e. a
phrase made from initials,
rather than vice
versa Back-formation of one word from another, e.g. by removing...
-
fragmentate from
fragmentation free-****ociate from free ****ociation (
backformed adjective-verb compound) funk (quality of music) from
funky gamble from...
- "IHS" have
included "In His Service". Such
interpretations are
known as
backformed acronyms. Used in
Latin since the
seventh century, the
first use of IHS...
- it is
often used as a
generic for any
string trimmer. From it has been
backformed the
colloquial verb "to strim".[citation needed] The
terminology used...
- In
morphology and syntax, a ****ic (/ˈklɪtɪk/ KLIT-ik,
backformed from Gr**** ἐγκλιτικός enklitikós "leaning" or "en****ic") is a
morpheme that has syntactic...
- ****ed in the
flowerbed again").
Taboo deformation: sablar: "sabers".
Backformed into
attributive adjective sabla (like jävla from jävlar), e.g. sabla...
- Swift's
Electric Rifle.
Taser is a
registered tradename,
prompting a
backformed verb "to tase"
which means "to use a
Taser on",
although "to taser" is...
- city's
present name
developed in
Middle English, the river's name was
backformed to match. This was not
universally applied, however, and the
upper stretch...
- Proto-Indo-Europeans,
particularly a
psychoactive "drink of immortality"
backformed from the Indo-Iranian soma and
madhu and the Gr**** ambrosia,
which was...
