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Added 9 October 2026

syntactic

/sɪnˈtæktɪk/ adjective

Latin root: syntacticus Wiktionary

adjective Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about syntactic at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

Of, related to or connected with syntax.
The sentence “I saw he” contains a syntactic mistake.
Containing morphemes that are combined in the same order as they would be if they were separate words e.g. greenfinch

Origin

From New Latin syntacticus, from Ancient Greek συντακτικός (suntaktikós).

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