[PW] What type of word is "inasmuch"?

[Adrian Smith]

Portmanteau doesn't quite describe this?

Adrian


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Gang:
 
Is there a more descriptive term other than conjunction, idiom,
prepositional phrase, and compound word, that classifies a word made up
of several words, such as "inasmuch", and "insomuch".
 
Thanks much,
 
Joseph Trent Garcia
Librarian, San Francisco Public Library, Richmond Branch
jgarcia at sfpl.org
 
 
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