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asyntactic

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a⋅syn⋅tac⋅tic

  [ey-sin-tak-tik]
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–adjective Grammar. (of compounds)
consisting of morphemes that are combined differently from their mode of combination as separate words in a phrase, as bookstore, which is an asyntactic compound, while the same elements are combined syntactically in store for books.
Origin:
1875–80; a- 6 + syntactic
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a·syn·tac·tic   (ā'sĭn-tāk'tĭk)   
adj.  Not conforming to accepted patterns of syntax.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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