book word

短语

词形变化

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别名

book-word

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A word that is encountered in writing but not usually in speech, which people may therefore not know how to pronounce (correctly).

    语言学
  2. 2.

    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.

    语言学

    French loyal and légal are both from Latin lēgālis. While the former was inherited, the latter is a book word.

词源

From book + word.

来源：wiktionary