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autantonym en · NOUN

Etymology

From aut- + antonym. Coined or reported by Joseph T. Shipley, 1960.

Meanings

1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of autoantonym.
   alt of autoantonym
   • 1986, Harry Edwin Eiss, Dictionary of Language Games, Puzzles, and Amusements, Greenwood Press, p. 39. autantonym — word having two opposite meanings (as a fast horse, and a fast color). Cf. contronym, heteronym, and homonym.
   • autantonym — word having two opposite meanings (as a fast horse, and a fast color). Cf. contronym, heteronym, and homonym. 1960, Joseph T. Shipley, Playing with Words, Prentice-Hall, p. 74

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