syndetic

[sin-det-ik]

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adjective

serving to unite or connect; connective; copulative.

Grammar.

conjunctive(def 3c).
connected by a conjunction.

Sometimes syn·det·i·cal.

Origin of syndetic

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

Related formssyn·det·i·cal·ly, adverb

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Related Words for syndetic

intimate, interrelated, anastomotic, syndetic

British Dictionary definitions for syndetic

syndetic

adjective

denoting a grammatical construction in which two clauses are connected by a conjunctionCompare asyndetic (def. 2)

Derived Formssyndetically, adverb

Word Origin for syndetic

C17: from Greek sundetikos, from sundetos bound together; see syndesis

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