Etymology

Hyperwebster

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Today it means: A theoretical dictionary that contains every possible word of every length using the 26 letters found in the English language. Full definition →

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From hyper- + Webster, coined by English mathematician Ian Stewart in 1996 in his book From Here to Infinity.

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