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exocentric

adjective /ɛksoʊsɛntrɪk/ 4 syllables 10 letters Scrabble 21 WWF 24
Definitions
adjective

not fulfilling the same grammatical role of any of its constituents

“when `until last Easter' serves as an adverb it is an exocentric construction”

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