parasynthesis

noun

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek παρασύνθεσις (parasúnthesis).

Definitions

  1. The formation of words by a combination of compounding and adding an affix, as in…

    The formation of words by a combination of compounding and adding an affix, as in brown-eyed.

  2. The formation of words in which the prefixing and the suffixing are involved…

    The formation of words in which the prefixing and the suffixing are involved simultaneously, as in multifaceted.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for parasynthesis. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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