rhematic
Americanadjective
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pertaining to the formation of words.
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pertaining to the rheme of a sentence.
Etymology
Origin of rhematic
1855–60; < Greek rhēmatikós belonging to a word, equivalent to rhēmat- (stem of rhêma ) word + -ikos -ic
Example Sentences
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A fourth term is wanting, the rhematic, or logic of sentences.
From Specimens of the Table Talk of Samuel Taylor Coleridge by Coleridge, Henry Nelson
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