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Definition of Paronym
1. n. A paronymous word.
Definition of Paronym
1. Noun. (semantics) A word derived from the same root, or with the same sound, as another word. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Paronym
1. a word having the same root as another [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Paronym
Literary usage of Paronym
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Aristotelian Theory of Comedy: With an Adaptation of the Poetics, and a by Lane Cooper (1922)
"A paronym is, so to speak, a name lying at the side of another. In each case,
two words are concerned, one of them being derived from the other, ..."
2. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease by Philadelphia Neurological Society, American Neurological Association, Chicago Neurological Society, New York Neurological Association (1885)
"... medic is the legitimate paronym of medicus, but is commonly regarded as slang,
and umbilic, though not only ..."
3. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease by American Neurological Association, Philadelphia Neurological Society, Chicago Neurological Society, New York Neurological Association, Boston Society of Psychiatry and Neurology (1885)
"The conversion of a Latin word into its English paronym is commonly effected in
one of the following ways: (a) The nominative is adopted without change in ..."
4. Modern Philology: Its Discoveries, History, and Influence by Benjamin Woodbridge Dwight (1864)
"The word black also belongs here (denoting literally the fading out of all color).
36. Biegen, bog, gebogen (Gm.), to bend, bow, etc. Its L. paronym, for ..."
5. Biological Lectures Delivered at the Marine Biological Laboratory of Wood's (1898)
"... the proper adopted form or paronym for his own language, with the adjective,
etc., when applicable; (d) as concise and precise a definition as possible. ..."
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