Even the most famous dictionaries have errors. Sometimes non-existent words appear on the pages of publications, which in fact are not in English.
Oxford, Cambridge, Webster and dozens of other lesser-known dictionaries - all of them have similar lexemes, which are also called ghost words. They seem to be there, but they are not really there.
Over time, ghost words have evolved from annoying mistakes into a tool that helps dictionary compilers protect their copyrights. How it all happened - today we are talking about it.
First word ghost: abacot
Compiling dictionaries is a colossal amount of work that involves many people. Therefore, mistakes are not uncommon here. It is clear that philologists check the records many times, but in the printed versions, shoals still happen.
Professor Walter Skeet, President of the Philological Society of London in 1886, wrote:
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