nonword

See also: non-word

English

Noun

nonword (plural nonwords)

1. Alternative spelling of non-word
   • 2000, Zevin and Joanisse, Orthographic and Metrical Cues to English Stress:

     We used a nonword naming task to examine how English speakers assign stress to novel phonological forms.

   • 2004, Commentary on the 2004 African Scrabble Championships:

     Trevor quickly challenged my nonword and then cleverly played out with TITIAN