catabibazon

/kætəbɪˈbæzɒn/

Definitions

1. noun

A fictional or invented word, often used to demonstrate linguistic patterns or as a placeholder in linguistic experiments.

“The linguist created a catabibazon to test the rules of phonetic variation in language.”

Synonyms

  • neologism
  • pseudoword

Antonyms

  • lexeme
  • morpheme