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antidictionary.

The set of all words of minimal length that never appear in a particular string.

14 characters6 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/æntɪˈdɪkʃ(ə)nəɹi/Received-Pronunciation/æntɪˈdɪkʃənɹi/Received-Pronunciation/æntiˈdɪkʃəˌnɛɹi/General-American/-taɪ-/General-American
  1. The set of all words of minimal length that never appear in a particular string.

Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *h₂énti Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ντῐ́ (ăntĭ́) Ancient Greek ἀντι- (anti-)der. English anti- Proto-Indo-European *deyḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *déyḱeti Proto-Italic *deikō Latin dīcō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin dictiō Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -ārium ▲ Latin dictiō ▲ Latin -āriusnom. Latin -ārius Latin dictiōnārius? Medieval Latin dictiōnāriumlbor. Middle English dixionare English dictionary English antidictionary From anti- (“opposite of, reverse”, prefix) + dictionary.

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