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While looking up synonyms of the word 'so-called', I stumbled upon 'itular', of which I've never heard, and for which I can't seem to find additional (digital) sources. The dictionary itself gives a misspelling.

My first hunch was that it's a misspelling of 'titular', but, based on the synonyms, they seem to have different definitions.

Does anyone recognize the word, or can anyone provide a definition and/or an etymology of the word?

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    Welcome to EL&U, but this is clearly a data error—if you view the entry for any of the purported synonyms of itular, the link back is to titular; Reference.com's entry is erroneous; no such word can be found in the OED or any major dictionary, and a search on Google Books turns up only transcription errors. – choster May 6 '19 at 13:49
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    I'm voting to close this question as off-topic because it is about a fault in an online resource. – choster May 6 '19 at 13:50
  • That all seems to make perfect sense, thanks for the heads up and sorry for the inconvenience. Shall I delete, or is it better practice to let it be closed down? – Joachim May 6 '19 at 14:03
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    @Joaachim No trouble at all, please feel welcome back at any time. – choster May 6 '19 at 14:18
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By analogy with table/tabular, title/titular, and so on, "itular" should mean "having the properties of an itle". But since there is no such thing as an "itle", "itular" doesn't mean anything.

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