exocentric

Meanings

Plural: exocentrics

Adjective

not fulfilling the same grammatical role of any of its constituents
- "when `until last Easter' serves as an adverb it is an exocentric construction"

Adj

Focused or centered on something outside of itself.
Not having the same part of speech as any of its constituent words.
Not having the same semantic referent as the semantic referent of any of its constituent parts.

Noun

An exocentric compound.

Origin / Etymology

From exo- + -centric.

Antonyms

endocentric

Scrabble Score: 21

exocentric is not valid in Scrabble (US) TWL Dictionary
exocentric is not valid in Scrabble (MW) Merriam-Webster Dictionary
exocentric is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 24

exocentric is a valid Words With Friends word