compoundhood

English

Etymology

From compound +‎ -hood.

Noun

compoundhood (uncountable)

  1. (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.
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