well-formedness

well-formed

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Definitions of well-formedness word

adjective well-formedness rightly or pleasingly formed: a well-formed contour. 1
adjective well-formedness Linguistics. (of an utterance) conforming to the rules of a language; grammatical (opposed to ill-formed). 1
noun well-formedness The property of being well-formed. 0

before 1510

One of the 26% oldest English words

First recorded in 1510-20

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This term is known only to a narrow circle of people with rare knowledge. Only 29% of English native speakers know the meaning of this word.

According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

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