English Explanatory Dictionary

cutthroat compound

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A compound word formed of a transitive verb and a noun; an (usually exocentric) agentive-instrumental verb-noun compound.

Word forms

cutthroat compound cutthroat compounds

Etymology

Coined by editor and linguist Brianne Hughes in the 2010s, as cutthroat is an example of the class of compound words. Compare cranberry morpheme, eggcorn, Hobson-Jobson, mondegreen.

Synonyms

cutthroat turncoat compound
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