What is the formation of a word by the combination of several simple words, as in the aboriginal languages of America; agglutination. Latham called?
polysynthesis — (Philol.) The formation of a word by the combination of several simple words, as in the aboriginal languages of America; agglutination. Latham. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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