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Arcane Lexicon of Coined Curiosities
Challenging puzzle for experienced crossword solvers
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Across
  • 1. Sound symbolism involved in word formation
  • 2. A word or form occurring only once in a language corpus
  • 3. Correct or accepted meaning of a coinage
  • 7. Minimal unit of meaning in morphology
  • 13. Newly minted word born from linguistic innovation
  • 15. Loan translation formed by literal word-for-word rendering
Down
  • 4. Hidden or secret word embedded within a text
  • 5. Not literal, but figuratively coined usage in speech
  • 6. Process of inventing novel verbal currency
  • 8. Not an idiom but editorial mark for faithful oddity
  • 9. A newly coined term that has recently entered usage
  • 10. Blended lexical suitcase word combining two meanings
  • 11. Illegitimate or irregular coinage in language
  • 12. Syntactic disruption creating discontinuous phrase coined idiosyncratically
  • 14. Repetition of words, an inadvertent verbal doubling

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