Definitions
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- noun The quality of being a
word .
Etymologies
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word + -hood
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Examples
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But a name only crosses into true wordhood once it is no longer used as a reference.
NPR Topics: News 2009
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You can call them nonstandard, colloquial, informal, casual, slangy, or even signs of the apocalypse, but there's no reason to deny them wordhood.
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