compoundhood
English
Etymology
compound + -hood
Noun
compoundhood (uncountable)
- (linguistics) The property of being a compound.
- 2006, Pavol Štekauer, Rochelle Lieber, Handbook of Word-Formation (page 377)
- Inseparability is perhaps the strongest test of compoundhood.
- 2006, Pavol Štekauer, Rochelle Lieber, Handbook of Word-Formation (page 377)