asyntactic

adjective

asyn·​tac·​tic

variants or less commonly asyntactical

¦ā + (ˌ)⸗¦⸗⸗⸗

: not syntactic

an asyntactic narrative

an asyntactic compound such as star-spangled, with a structure differing from that of the phrase spangled with stars

Word History

Etymology

Greek asyntaktikos, from a- a- entry 2 + syntaktikos syntactic, syntactical

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