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Definition of Homophonous
1. Adjective. Characteristic of the phenomenon of words of different origins that are pronounced the same way. "'horse' and 'hoarse' are homophonous words"
Definition of Homophonous
1. Adjective. Having the same pronunciation. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Homophonous
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Homophonous
Literary usage of Homophonous
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Science of Thought by Friedrich Max Müller (1887)
"... necessity why we should under all circumstances admit one root only, in cases
where two or three homophonous roots would solve our difficulties better. ..."
2. Three Thousand Practice Words: With an Appendix, Containing Rules for by James Willis Westlake (1901)
"Every pupil is supposed to have access to a dictionary; hence it has been deemed
unnecessary to give here formal definitions of the homophonous words used ..."
3. Ancient Coins of Cities and Princes, Geographically Arranged and Described by John Yonge Akerman (1846)
"... WITH THE ADDITION OF THE homophonous CHARACTERS. A approaching in sound toO
Band PC hard, or KE approaching in sound to double EG hard, aspirated LNO It ..."
4. The New-method Speller: Based Upon the Latest Revision of Webster's by Warren H. Sadler (1892)
"... WORDS WHICH ARE NEARLY homophonous, ab o li tion, an annulling. eb ul li tion,
a bubbling. ac cept, to receive or admit. ex cept, to leave out. ac cess, ..."
5. Transactions of the Royal Society of Literature of the United Kingdom by Royal Society of Literature (Great Britain) (1839)
"Might not this group (fO) ?, whether viewed as homophonous or ideographic, equally
give us the sun's course and the coup de ..."
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