amuguis

/əˈmuːɡɪs/

Definitions

1. noun

A type of rare or obsolete word, possibly created as a joke or example of a non-existent word.

“The linguist argued that ‘amuguis’ was an example of a linguistic thought experiment gone wrong.”

Synonyms

  • nonce word
  • pseudoword

Antonyms

  • common term
  • real word