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syndetic

American  
[sin-det-ik] / sɪnˈdɛt ɪk /
Sometimes syndetical

adjective

  1. serving to unite or connect; connective; copulative.

  2. Grammar.

    1. conjunctive.

    2. connected by a conjunction.

syndetic British  
/ sɪnˈdɛtɪk /

adjective

  1. denoting a grammatical construction in which two clauses are connected by a conjunction Compare asyndetic

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Other Word Forms

  • syndetically adverb

Etymology

Origin of syndetic

1615–25; < Greek syndetikós, equivalent to sýndet ( os ) bound together ( syn- syn- + de- ( syndesis ) + -tos verbid suffix) + -ikos -ic

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