pseudo-participials

A form of pseudo-participial — Having the form of a participial of a verb, but for which no such verb exists. For example, for the adjective yellow-bellied there is no corresponding verb "to yellow-belly".

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Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of pseudo-participial
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