Outrageously Funny Word Dictionary :: Pedigerous

👉 In linguistics, a pedigerous noun is one that has been used as a root or base form of a word in English until it has become part of the vocabulary. This can happen because the word originally meant something else and then was altered to fit into the context of the sentence. The term "pedigerous" refers to this phenomenon, suggesting that words are often formed by combining other words with their roots or base forms.

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