#bahuvrihi

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Formatio Verborum Latinorum / Formation of Latin Words

rubrimanus -a -um “red-handed”   [ruber “red” + -manus “-handed”]   [rubro- + -mano-] stems   [rubri- + -mano-] o becomes Connecting Vowel i   [rubrimano-] new stem   [rubrimanus] nominative singular

(Fons Imaginis.)

[sporadicetymology]

I stumbled across this one while looking up the definition of “lowbrow.” Other English examples include lowlife, redhead, old money, houndstooth, sabretooth, and (I think) deadbeat. 

I believe bahuvrīhi also qualifies as an autological word, which is just about as much fun as the fact that it sounds like a lyric from the Whos’ song at the end of How the Grinch Stole Christmas.

Source: Wiktionary

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Nova Iuncta Verba Latina / New Latin Compounds

Magnipes -edis m. “Bigfoot”   [magnus “big” + pes “foot”]   [magno- + ped-] stems   [magni- + ped-] o becomes Connecting Vowel i   [Magniped-] new stem   [Magnipes] nominative singular

(Fons Imaginis.)

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Nova Iuncta Verba Latina / New Latin Compounds

novemvitus -a -um “having nine lives”   [novem “nine” + vita “life” + -us adjectival suffix]   [novem- + vita- + -o-] stems   [novemvita- + -o-] new stem   [novemvit- + -o-] a disappears before o   [novemvito-] new stem   [novemvitus] nominative singular

(Fons Imaginis.)

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Nova Iuncta Verba Latina / New Latin Compounds

bononiensibracus -a -um “having baloney in one’s slacks”   [(botulus) Bononiensis “bologna (sausage)” + bracae “slacks” + -us adjectival suffix]   [Bononiensi- + braca- + -o-] stems   [Bononiensi- + braca- + -o-] with Connecting Vowel i   [bononiensibraca- + -o-] new stem and stem   [bononiensibrac- + -o-] a disappears before o   [bononiensibraco-] new stem   [bononiensibracus] nominative singular

(Fons Imaginis.)

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Formatio Verborum Latinorum / Formation of Latin Words

ἑτερόδων -οντος / heterodon -ontis “heterodont”   [ἕτερος “of another kind,” “different” + ὀδούς/ὀδών “tooth”]   [ἑτερο- + ὀδοντ-] stems   [ἑτερο- + ὀδοντ-] with Connecting Vowel ο   [ἑτερ- + ὀδοντ-] ο disappears before ὀ   [ἑτεροδοντ-] new stem   [ἑτερόδων] nominative singular (cf. ἀνόδων)   [heterodon] ἑτερόδων Latinized

(Fons Imaginis.)

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Formatio Verborum Latinorum / Formation of Latin Words

cordiformis -e “heart-shaped”   [cor “heart” + -formis “-shaped”]   [cord- + -formi-] stems   [cordi- + -formi-] with Connecting Vowel i   [cordiformi-] new stem   [cordiformis] nominative singular

καρδιόμορφος -ον / cardiomorphus -a -um “heart-shaped”   [καρδία “heart” + -μορφος “-shaped”]   [καρδιο- + -μορφο-] stems   [καρδιο- + -μορφο-] with Connecting Vowel ο   [καρδιομορφο-] new stem   [καρδιόμορφος] nominative singular   [cardiomorphus] καρδιόμορφος Latinized

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Bahuvrihi

A compound noun or adjective comprising two parts, the first, which is adjectival, describing the second, which is substantival, such as fairminded, redeye.

Misunderstood, Misused, & Mispronounced Words by Laurance Urdang, 1972.