compoundhood

noun

compoundhood

noun

Etymology From compound + -hood.

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Human sciences, Linguistics, Sciences The property of being a compound.

Inseparability is perhaps the strongest test of compoundhood.2006, Pavol Štekauer, Rochelle Lieber, Handbook of Word-Formation, page 377:

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