syncategoremn.
/sɪnˈkatɪɡərɛm/ Logic.
A word which cannot be used by itself as a term, but only in collocation with another word or words: e.g. a sign of quantity (as all, some, no), or an adverb, preposition, or conjunction.
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particle1533
parcel1571
syncategorem1655
agency1778
empty word1854
symbolic1871
form-word1875
structural word1884
particule1889
pheme1906
structure word1925
function word1927
operator1938
logical word1940
keneme1950
rheme1953
functor1958
the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > logic > logical proposition > term of a proposition > [noun] > categorem
syncategorem1655
categorem1864
1655 R. Baillie Disswasive Vindic. 62 Are not diverse universall propositions even with the Syncatagorem of universalitie of an indefinite nature and sense, which admit the exception of some particulars..?
1697 tr. F. Burgersdijck Monitio Logica i. xxix. 116 The Syncategoremes or consignificative Terms..that signifie nothing of themselves but when join'd to other Words, as every one, all, all that, &c.
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