Syncategorematic

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Syncategorematic \Syn*cat`e*gor`e*mat"ic\, a. [Gr. ?; sy`n with
     + ? a predicate. See {Syn-}, and {Categorematic}.] (Logic)
     Not capable of being used as a term by itself; -- said of
     words, as an adverb or preposition.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  syncategorematic
       adj : of a term that cannot stand as the subject or (especially)
             the predicate of a proposition but must be used in
             conjunction with other terms; "`or' is a
             syncategorematic term" [ant: {categorematic}]