exocentricadj.
/ˌɛksə(ʊ)ˈsɛntrɪk/, U.S. /ˌɛksoʊˈsɛntrɪk/ Linguistics.
Of compounds or constructions: having a different grammatical function from that of the constituent parts (see quots.). Opposed to endocentric adj.
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1914 L. Bloomfield Introd. Study Lang. v. 161 The so-called ‘exocentric’ compounds..denote an object having the thing named in the compound, as long-nose, short-horn, swallow-tail.
1933 L. Bloomfield Lang. xii. 194 John ran is neither a nominative expression (like John) nor a finite verb expression (like ran). Therefore we say that the English actor-action construction is exocentric: the resultant phrase belongs to the form-class of no immediate constituent.
1968 J. Lyons Introd. Theoret. Linguistics vi. 232 In Vancouver is exocentric, since its distribution is different from that of either the preposition in or the noun Vancouver.
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adj.1914- come up to the scratch
- come up to time
- come up with
- come up with the goods
- come up with the rations
- come upon
- come upon one's own legs
- come upon the town
- come well to our pass
- come well to pass
- come what may
- come what might
- come what will
- come with
- come with a wet sail
- come with cap in hand
- come with the arm
- come with the territory
- come yorkshire on one
- come you seven
- come, bring to a grappling
- come, etc, off one's high horse
- come, fall to scanning
- come, fall under, lie in one's cap
- come, gang, go, ride a, the, his, her, etc gate