syncategorematic Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective 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

WordNet

Syn*cat`e*gor`e*mat"ic adjective
Etymology
Gr. with + a predicate. See Syn-, and Categorematic.
Definitions
  1. (Logic) Not capable of being used as a term by itself; -- said of words, as an adverb or preposition.

Webster 1913