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In German, they merely bolt more words on to an existing word.
Some words that are in dictionaries: Retroflexion or retroflection is the closest existing word we could use in this circumstance.
Back-formation is the reverse of affixation, being the analogical creation of a new word from an existing word falsely assumed to be its derivative.
It can be a simple coinage, a complex fusion of more than one term, or a slight improvement on an existing word.
Speaking of A, one of the letters in your three new creations could be replaced by an A to produce a common previously existing word.
One of the models, known as "nearest-neighbor chaining" — which links new word meanings to the closest, existing word meanings — best predicted the historical data.
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Meanings of existing words may change.
Carroll also coined the term "portmanteau word", for merging two existing words into one new word.
However, a relationship between new words and existing words is retained.
Using existing words, come up with a name for your new invention and provide a definition.
Derivation is the formation of new words from existing words; e.g., "singer" from "sing" and "acceptable" from "accept".
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