dimorphemicadj.
/dʌɪmɔːˈfiːmɪk/ Linguistics.
Containing, or belonging to, two morphemes.
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monomorphemic1935
dimorphemic1936
bimorphemic1942
polymorphemic1949
1936 Eng. Stud. 18 160 Glazier differs further from glacier in that it is dimorphemic.
1952 A. Cohen Phonemes of Eng. iv. 102 The dimorphemic diphthongs [i—ə] and [u—ə] are manifested by the tendency to preserve the length of the first vowel.
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