Middle English Dictionary Entry
decompǒund ppl.
Entry Info
| Forms | decompǒund ppl. |
| Etymology | Cp. ME compǒuned & L dēcompositus. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Gram. Of a word: made by compounding a word which is already compound.
Associated quotations
- c1450 Battlefield Gram.(Trin-C O.5.4)104 : How many maners of ffigures hastow? Thre: simple, compound, and decompound. How knowyst the..Decompound? Whenne a word is compound of a word that is compound by fore, as magnanimitas.