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heteronymous

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[het-uh-ron-uh-muhs] / ˌhɛt əˈrɒn ə məs /

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.

Other Word Forms

  • heteronymously adverb

Etymology

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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