asyntactic

a·syn·tac·tic

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [ey-sin-tak-tik]
- /ˌeɪ sɪnˈtæk tɪk/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [ey-sin-tak-tik]
- /ˌeɪ sɪnˈtæk tɪk/

Definitions of asyntactic word

adjective asyntactic showing no syntactical rules or regularity 3
adjective asyntactic consisting of morphemes that are combined differently from their mode of combination as separate words in a phrase, as bookstore, which is an asyntactic compound, while the same elements are combined syntactically in store for books. 1
adjective asyntactic Not syntactic. 0

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Origin of asyntactic

First appearance:

before 1875

One of the 25% newest English words

First recorded in 1875-80; a-6 + syntactic

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Parts of speech for Asyntactic

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Asyntactic

asyntactic popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 47% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data about 52% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

asyntactic usage trend in Literature

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