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- noun An
original orprimal word ; a proto-word.
Etymologies
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From ur- (“original, primal”) + word. Compare Dutch oerwoord, German Urwort.
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Examples
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Fucking Scrabble, I hope I never hear that ur-word again.
anne-jumps Diary Entry anne-jumps 2000
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