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heteronymous

[ het-uh-ron-uh-muhs ]

adjective

  1. of, relating to, or characteristic of a heteronym.
  2. having different names, as a pair of correlatives:

    Father and son are heteronymous relatives.



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Other Words From

  • heter·ony·mous·ly adverb
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Word History and Origins

Origin of heteronymous1

First recorded in 1725–35, heteronymous is from the Late Greek word heterṓnymos having a different name. See heteronym, -ous

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