I'm looking for a specific term, that means something like neologism, or compound word all in one.
But it's not a usual hyphenated compound term. It's the definition of a coined term that is refering to one thing, yet using two senses of this same one referent in the term; for example the term Hesperus-Vesper. - not a great example, but that's all I can think of. I know this has a word for it, but I can't remember what it is.
It's not portmanteau, because there is no merging going on in the term; the two words in the one term are kept quite separate by the hyphen. The term "Hesperus-Vesper" referring to the Evening-Morning Star is the best example I can think of. The term I'm looking for is not the act of coining the term either, but the 'type' of term.
Yes, like what Frege was referring to in a way. ie, that a man, say John, may be someone's brother and someone's son: so you could say John, the brother-son. But I'm looking for the technical term of this term. And it's not in the Frege article.
I guess "sofa-bed" would be an example too. The sofa-bed is one thing, but can have the different 'senses' or uses of being a sofa and a bed, although it is only one item in itself.
Hmm. I think you may have a head start, Sandy, since you're neither 'sandy' nor 'roe' in the strictly literal sense! Or would that be an exocentric compound rather than an appositional one? Orthodox?
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Looking for a word meaning something like hyphenated compound
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