A class of compound words that end with a noun and start with an adjective or attributive noun (blueberry, bearcat), or that end with an adjective and start with an adverb (highflying), and have meanings of the form "B that is A" or "B in the manner expressed by A"; also a word in the class.
A class of compound words that end with a noun and start with an adjective or attributive noun (blueberry, bearcat), or that end with an adjective and start with an adverb (highflying), and have meanings of the form "B that is A" or "B in the manner expressed by A"; also a word in the class.