ENDOCENTRIC

endocentric

(adjective) fulfilling the grammatical role of one of its constituents; “when ‘three blind mice’ serves as a noun it is an endocentric construction”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

endocentric (not comparable)

Focused or centered within itself, and not on something external.

(grammar, of a phrase or compound word) fulfilling the same grammatical role as one of its constituents.

Noun

endocentric (plural endocentrics)

(grammar) An endocentric compound.

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

10 June 2025

COMMUNICATIONS

(noun) the discipline that studies the principles of transmiting information and the methods by which it is delivered (as print or radio or television etc.); “communications is his major field of study”


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Coffee Trivia

According to Guinness World Records, the largest coffee shop is the Al Masaa Café, which has 1,050 seats. The coffee shop was inaugurated in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on 13 August 2014.

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