full word

noun

1. (especially in Chinese grammar) a word that has lexical meaning rather than grammatical meaning; a word or morpheme that functions grammatically as a contentive.

Word History and Origins

Origin of full word¹

First recorded in 1890–95

Example Sentences

The "MTN" abbreviation that has been on every Mountain Dew can and bottle label for the past 15 years will soon be a thing of the past as the company brings back the full word "Mountain" to its products.

From Salon

Reeves said he repeated the full word while he was trying to share what students were saying to each other.

From Seattle Times

“His ideas are really relevant now, unlike most other economists, whose ideas tend to lose relevance as time passes and circumstances change,” Peter A. Victor, an ecological economist and the author of the 2021 biography “Herman Daly’s Economics for a Full Word,” said in a phone interview.

From New York Times

In explaining, Sheck used the full word, and the student’s complaint led to an investigation by the New School administration, which ultimately determined the professor had not violated university policy on discrimination.

From Washington Post

I can certainly understand why The Post would not want to use the full word in the paper.

From Washington Post