- 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.