Plesionymous

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Having a similar but differentiable and contrastable meaning; of or being a plesionym. not-comparable

    "A set of word senses drawn from two or more languages can be also thought of as synonymous or plesionymous if they meet the requisite conditions."

Example

More examples

"A set of word senses drawn from two or more languages can be also thought of as synonymous or plesionymous if they meet the requisite conditions."

Etymology

From plesionym + -ous.

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