subregular
English
Etymology
sub- + regular
Adjective
subregular (comparative more subregular, superlative most subregular)
- Almost or imperfectly regular.
- 2006, Ted Briscoe, Ann Copestake, Valeria de Paiva, Inheritance, Defaults and the Lexicon (page 8)
- However, there are verbs for which past participle formation is irregular (e.g. sleep, slept; write, wrote) and within these irregular verbs there are subregular classes (as well as purely lexical exceptions, such as go, went).
- 2006, Ted Briscoe, Ann Copestake, Valeria de Paiva, Inheritance, Defaults and the Lexicon (page 8)