= syncategorematic, adj.

Linguistics. Of a word or affix: expressing a purely grammatical relation; auxiliary; functioning as a particle. Obsolete.

in Grammar: see B. 3. Formerly applied to any formative or subordinate elements of language, e.g. prefixes, prepositions; cf. auxiliar, n.

Logic. Of the nature of a syncategorem: opposed to categorematic, adj. Also in extended uses in linguistic analysis.