asyntactic

[ ey-sin-tak-tik ]

adjective

, Grammar.

1. 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.

Word History and Origins

Origin of asyntactic¹

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

Example Sentences

Asyntactic, as-in-tak′tik, adj. loosely put together, irregular, ungrammatical.

From Project Gutenberg

Nor does it much detract from the grace of the work that of the "asyntactic disorder" of which Mr. Pattison accuses Milton's prose, some examples may be found in his own.

From Project Gutenberg