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x-mas

x-mas is the alternative form of Xmas.

Proper noun capitalized: X-mas

X-mas (plural X-mases or X-masses)

  1. (alternative) Alternative form of Xmas.
    • A stunning example of ‘a phenomenon being too large to be perceived’ impressed the author during a performance of Charles Dickens’ ‘A Christmas Carol’ at the Ford Theater in 1983, in Washington, D.C. The phenomenon in question was the Ghost of X-masses to come who appeared on the dimly lit stage as...2009, Othmar W. Winkler, “Developments in Socio-Economic Statistics”, in Interpreting Economic and Social Data: A Foundation of Descriptive Statistics, Berlin: Springer, →ISBN, note 29, page 15

Forms of x-mas

pluralX-mases
pluralX-masses

Phrases with x-mas

Questions about x-mas

What is x-mas the alternative form of?
X-mas is the alternative form of Xmas.
What part of speech is x-mas?
X-mas is a proper noun.

Words near x-mas in the dictionary

  1. X-linked genes
  2. X-linked trait
  3. X-linked traits
  4. X-machine
  5. X-machines
  6. x-mas
  7. X-mas Day
  8. X-mas Days
  9. X-mas tree
  10. X-mas trees
  11. X-mases

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Adapted from Wiktionary: x-mas (page history and authors); X-mas (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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