adprep

English

Etymology

Shortening.

Noun

adprep (plural adpreps)

(grammar) A word that functions both as an adverb and as a preposition.
- 2000, Claudia Claridge, Multi-word Verbs in Early Modern English: A Corpus-based Study:
  Phrasal verbs are combinations of a verb and a primary, invariable adverb, the latter including the heads of reduced prepositional phrases but excluding adpreps.

Anagrams

Eppard, dapper, parped, rapped

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