великовозрастный

From вели́кий (velíkij) +‎ -о- (-o-) +‎ во́зраст (vózrast) +‎ -ный (-nyj).

The change in stress from великовозра́стный (velikovozrástnyj) to великово́зрастный (velikovózrastnyj) occurred as a result of the banalization process. The wordform великовозра́стный (velikovozrástnyj) was formed according to the rule of forming compounds, where a complex bracket is formed if the second part is more than one syllable, and the stress is placed on the last syllable of the stem. But as a result of banalization, in modern pronunciation, the second part of the compound does not obey the old rule and retains the stress in the same place as in the non-derivative word. The modern stress pattern was probably first recorded in Ushakov's Dictionary in 1935.^[1]

Also found in colloquial speech when asked to repeat the word велѝковозрастно́й (velìkovozrastnój). This wordform seems to have been re-analyzed using the compound вели́кий (velíkij) +‎ -о- (-o-) +‎ возрастно́й (vozrastnój) with loose attachment of morphemes.

Compare with одновреме́нный (odnovreménnyj) which in modern usage developed an additional stress pattern одновре́менный (odnovrémennyj) even though the original stress pattern continues to be used.

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• Hyphenation: ве‧ли‧ко‧воз‧раст‧ный
• Rhymes: -ozrəsnɨj

великово́зрастный • (velikovózrastnyj)

1. (dated, ironic in modern usage) overage (too old, no longer a child)