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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun The formation of words by a combination of compounding and adding an affix, as in downhearted, formed from down plus heart plus -ed, not down plus hearted.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The princple of formation of parasyntheta; combined composition and derivation.

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  • noun grammar The formation of words by a combination of compounding and adding an affix.

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Examples

  • Different dictionaries give it somewhat different definitions, but the nub of parasynthesis seems to be the formation of new words by affixing prefixes and suffixes fore and aft.

    Christian Science Monitor | All Stories 2010

  • As I've noodled over these three words, I've wanted to see them as examples of parasynthesis, a word I ran across this week, as I walked my fingers through the dictionary to confirm for a colleague that yes, paraprofessional was really there.

    Christian Science Monitor | All Stories 2010

  • Buy Yaz Online no Prescription a simulated progestational parasynthesis and has a molecular exert oneself of 366.5 and a molecular directions of C24H30O3.

    Denver Post: News: Breaking: Local EarlyBird 2010

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