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paranomia

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
para-nomia
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Verbal paraphasia, an aspect of aphasia, where the patient speaks a word different from the one they intended to say.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From para- + Ancient Greek νόμος (nómos, “custom”) + -ia.

Usage

Inflected Forms

paranomias (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

malapropism

Questions

What does paranomia mean?
Verbal paraphasia, an aspect of aphasia, where the patient speaks a word different from the one they intended to say.
Where does paranomia come from?
From para- + Ancient Greek νόμος (nómos, “custom”) + -ia.

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