adprep

English

Etymology

Shortening.

Noun

adprep (plural adpreps)

1. (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