heteronymous
American
[het-uh-ron-uh-muhs]
/ ˌhɛt əˈrɒn ə məs /
adjective
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of, relating to, or characteristic of a heteronym.
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having different names, as a pair of correlatives.
Father and son are heteronymous relatives.
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Origin of heteronymous
First recorded in 1725–35, heteronymous is from the Late Greek word heterṓnymos having a different name. See heteronym, -ous
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