by-form

[ bahy-fawrm ]
/ ˈbaɪˌfɔrm /

noun Linguistics.

a closely related and sometimes less frequent form, as spelt for spelled; variant.

Origin of by-form

First recorded in 1885–90

Words nearby by-form

by-and-by, by-bidder, by-blow, by-catch, by-election, by-form, by-line, by-name, by-numbers, by-path, by-play

British Dictionary definitions for by-form

by-form

noun

a subsidiary or variant form