meioreducdancy

MY oh ree DUCK daan SEE
the shortening of a word to re-form it and coin a new word
(i.e., James Joyce’s "sylble" which is a meioreducdancy
of "syllable" forming a new word suggesting "sybil")
Geof Huth
Origin: < meio- + reduc- +-dancy
7/4/1987

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