/bah'hooh vree"hee/ , n. , pl. bahuvrihis .
Gram. a compound noun or adjective consisting of two constituents, the first of which is adjectival and describes the person or object denoted by the second, which is nominal: the compound as a whole denotes or describes a person or object having what is denoted by the second element, as bonehead, heavy-handed, redcoat.
[ 1840-50; bahu- much + vrihi rice; used to name the type of compound word of which it is an example ]