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e-word

e-word noun: any word beginning with e, especially one referring to something electronic, or one that is (often humorously) treated as controversial in a given context (for example, evolution, evangelical or enlightenment).

Noun

e-word (plural e-words)

  1. Any word beginning with e, especially one referring to something electronic, or one that is (often humorously) treated as controversial in a given context (for example, evolution, evangelical or enlightenment).
    • For quotations using this term, see Citations:e-word.
  2. The word Eskimo, which is considered offensive in Northern Canada.

Forms of e-word

plurale-words

Questions about e-word

What does e-word mean?
E-word means any word beginning with e, especially one referring to something electronic, or one that is (often humorously) treated as controversial in a given context (for example, evolution, evangelical or enlightenment).
What part of speech is e-word?
E-word is a noun.
What is the plural of e-word?
The plural of e-word is e-words.

Words near e-word in the dictionary

  1. e-wallets
  2. e-warfare
  3. e-waste
  4. e-whiteboard
  5. e-whiteboards
  6. e-word
  7. e-words
  8. e-worksheet
  9. e-worksheets
  10. e-world
  11. e-wrestling

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Adapted from Wiktionary: e-word (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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