well-formed

adjective

: produced by the correct application of a set of transformations : grammatical sense 2a

grammar … specifies the infinite set of well-formed sentences

—Jerry Fodor & Jerrold J. Katz

well-formedness

ˌwelˈfȯ(r)m(ə̇)dnə̇s

noun

plural -es

Word History

First Known Use

1946, in the meaning defined above

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