Symphytism

Symphytism
Symphytism Sym"phy*tism, n. [Gr. ? grown together.] Coalescence; a growing into one with another word. [R.] [1913 Webster]

Some of the phrasal adverbs have assumed the form of single words, by that symphytism which naturally attaches these light elements to each other. --Earle. [1913 Webster]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.

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