compound-complex
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com·pound–com·plex

adjective \-ˈkäm-ˌpleks\

Definition of COMPOUND-COMPLEX

of a sentence
: having two or more main clauses and one or more subordinate clauses

First Known Use of COMPOUND-COMPLEX

1923

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