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]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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]
WordNet (r) 2.0
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