Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

conjunctive error

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.97 in modern English

Syllables: con-junc-tive er-ror
IPA

30

Scrabble Score

16

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An error found in two or more manuscripts indicating that one has been copied from the other, or that both have been copied from a common original.

Example Sentences

"[…] a conjunctive error is one in which two (or more) witnesses agree, and it constitutes evidence of the parallel descent of those witnesses from a single common ancestor in which the error was originally committed."

Inflected Forms

conjunctive errors (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

separative error

Questions

What does conjunctive error mean?: An error found in two or more manuscripts indicating that one has been copied from the other, or that both have been copied from a common original.

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