Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Pertaining to parasynthesis or parasyntheta.
- noun A parasyntheton, or word formed by parasynthesis.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Formed from a compound word.
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- adjective grammar formed by adding multiple elements (prefixes, suffixes, etc.) to a compound word
Etymologies
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From Ancient Greek παρασύνθετος (parasunthetos), from παρά (para, "beside") + σύνθετος (sunthetos, "compound, composite").
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Examples
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A discussion of this particular parasynthetic derivative is based-based.
No Uncertain Terms William Safire 2003
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A discussion of this particular parasynthetic derivative is based-based.
No Uncertain Terms William Safire 2003
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A discussion of this particular parasynthetic derivative is based-based.
No Uncertain Terms William Safire 2003
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A discussion of this particular parasynthetic derivative is based-based.
No Uncertain Terms William Safire 2003
qroqqa commented on the word parasynthetic
Of a word: derivationally based on a compound or word complex, such as 'red-bearded' = "having a red beard", or 'train-driver" = "one who drives trains". The derivational suffix (-ed, -er) is not attached to a word as such: there are no words *red-beard, *train-drive.
July 29, 2008
bilby commented on the word parasynthetic
My grandfather was a train-driver and he didn't have a red beard *worried*
September 7, 2009