Oligosynthetic
adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Using a relatively small number of morphemes which combine synthetically to form compound words.
"Talking of which, the grammar of oligosynthetic languages is not always particularly well explained – the designers sometimes seem to have been too focused on the vocabulary."
Example
More examples"Talking of which, the grammar of oligosynthetic languages is not always particularly well explained – the designers sometimes seem to have been too focused on the vocabulary."
Etymology
From oligo- + synthetic.
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