listeme

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It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.

Pronunciation

/ˈlɪstiːm/

Definition of listeme

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

An item that is memorized as part of a list, as opposed to being generated by a rule.

“Idioms such as "red herring" are listemes, as are irregular forms such as "geese".”
“A memorized chunk is sometimes called a listeme, that is, an item that has to be memorized as part of a list; one can argue that this book ought to have been called Listemes and Rules.”

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

From list + -eme.

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