Exocentric
WordNet

adjective


(1)   Not fulfilling the same grammatical role of any of its constituents
"When `until last Easter' serves as an adverb it is an exocentric construction"
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Adjective



  1. (of a phrase or compound words) not having the same part of speech as any of its constituent words
    Example: The adverbal phrase with great care contains no adverbs.
 
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