meta-word
/ˈmɛtəwəːd/noun
Originally (Linguistics ): a word which describes, classifies, or refers to another word. Also (in extended use) ( Computing ): a word which has significance within a given context beyond its usual meaning, e.g. one which is part of a programming or query language.
Origin
1950s. From meta- + word.
- purple-born
- purple broomrape
- purple chamber
- purple-colored
- purple-coloured
- purple coneflower
- purple coot
- purple cow-wheat
- purple death
- purple drank
- purple-dyeing
- purple emperor
- purple fever
- purple finch
- purple-fish
- purple gallinule
- purple gland
- purple grackle
- purple gromwell
- purple groundsel
- purple haze
- purple heart
- purple heron
- purple honeysuckle
- purple lake