COMPLEX WORD | Encyclopedia.com
www.encyclopedia.com › complex-wordCOMPLEX WORD. COMPLEX WORD. A WORD consisting of a base and one or more derivational elements: unlikely ( un-, like, -ly ); vitality ( vit-, -al, -ity ). In origin and structural type, there are four kinds of complex word in English: (1) Vernacular. Formed on ‘native’ principles, but including some long-established words of LATIN, GREEK ...
Complex Words - Basic-English
www.ogden.basic-english.org/wordacom.htmlComplex Words Just as a sentence or expression is composed of a string of Basic words, a new compound word can be created from Basic words that can be used in the appropriate situations. A Basic English compound word must to derived from obvious roots. Thus blackberry, but not blackmail ; blackboard, but not blacksmith.