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

[Pam Rider]

Both are listed simply as conjunctions by Merriam-Webster's Collegiate 
Dictionary. Otherwise: squished?


Joseph T. Garcia wrote:
> Gang:
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> 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".
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> Thanks much,
>  
> Joseph Trent Garcia
> Librarian, San Francisco Public Library, Richmond Branch
> jgarcia at sfpl.org
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