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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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Example Sentences

This intelligent dog and assistant teacher often relieved and released the head-master in play hours; besides, most of the virtues could be less well practised by him than by Gustavus upon him, and he kept for that purpose the necessary heteronymous vices ready:--in sleep the school-colleague easily snapped about him at living legs, in his waking hours at those which had been plucked off.

For, if two inconsistent principles of valuation be employed, then the table will be vicious, because heteronymous.

For, if two inconsistent principles of valuation be employed, then the table will be vicious, because heteronymous.

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