"extragrammatical" meaning in English

See extragrammatical in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Etymology: From extra- + grammatical. Etymology templates: {{pre|en|extra-|grammatical}} extra- + grammatical Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} extragrammatical (not comparable)
  1. (linguistics) Existing separately from a language's grammar. Tags: not-comparable
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