Capitonymic
adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Being or pertaining to a capitonym. not-comparable
"Capitonymic pairs that we perceive as English words — Concord/concord, Polish/polish, Reading/reading — are more satisfying than pairs that strike us as "foreign" […]"
Example
More examples"Capitonymic pairs that we perceive as English words — Concord/concord, Polish/polish, Reading/reading — are more satisfying than pairs that strike us as "foreign" […]"
Etymology
From capitonym + -ic.
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