EXOCENTRIC


Meaning of EXOCENTRIC in English

|eksō+ adjective

Etymology: exo- + -centric

: not having the same grammatical function as a nonmodifying immediate constituent — used of a compound (as barefoot, which is unlike foot in function) or construction (as in the yard in the sentence “they played in the yard,” which is unlike in or yard in function); compare endocentric

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