book word (English, noun)
expansion: book word (plural book words)
Senses:
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: A word that is encountered in writing but not usually in speech, which people may therefore not know how to pronounce (correctly).
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: A word that is borrowed into a vernacular from a closely related literary language, thus being etymologically related to native vocabulary, but not showing regular sound changes.
Forms:
form: book words
tags: plural
form: book-word
tags: alternative
form: bookword
tags: alternative