counterthought en · NOUN
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Proto-Indo-European *-teros Proto-Italic *-teros Proto-Italic *komterosder. Proto-Italic *komterād Latin contrāder. Old French contre- Anglo-Norman countre-bor. Middle English counter- English counter- Proto-Indo-European *teng-der. Proto-Germanic *þankijaną Proto-Germanic *þanhtaz Proto-West Germanic *þą̄ht Old English þōht Middle English thought English thought English counterthought From counter- + thought.
Meanings
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A thought that counters or opposes another thought.
His thoughts and their counterthoughts are bent and curled, snail-like, inside the whorls of fiction.
2008 January 1, Richard Eder, “A Writer, a Muse, Their Laundry”, in New York Times:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| counterthoughts | Number=Plur | lexicographic |