parasynthesis

Related to parasynthesis: abdominal paracentesis

par·a·syn·the·sis

P0066200 (păr′ə-sĭn′thĭ-sĭs)n. pl. par·a·syn·the·ses (-sēz′) The formation of words by a combination of compounding and adding an affix, as in downhearted, formed from down plus heart plus -ed, not down plus hearted.
par′a·syn·thet′ic (-thĕt′ĭk) adj.

parasynthesis

(ˌpærəˈsɪnθɪsɪs) n, pl -ses (-siːz) (Linguistics) formation of words by means of compounding a phrase and adding an affix, as for example light-headed, which is light + head with the affix -ed parasynthetic adj

par•a•syn•the•sis

(ˌpær əˈsɪn θə sɪs)

n. the formation of a word by adding a derivational suffix to a phrase or compound, as in greathearted, from great heart + -ed. [1860–65] par`a•syn•thet′ic (-ˈθɛt ɪk) adj.

parasynthesis

1. word formation by the addition of both a prefix and a suffix to a stem or word, as international.
2. word formation by the addition of a suffix to a phrase or compound word, as nickel-and-diming. — parasynthetic, adj.See also: Language