heteronym
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Definition of heteronym
3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
- (dated)Calque.
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noun
- (dated)Calque.
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A word having the same spelling as another, but with a different meaning and (often) pronunciation.
“Near-synonyms: heterophone, homograph”
“The word lead (/ˈlɛd/), for the metal, and lead (/ˈliːd/), for a leash, are heteronyms.”
“The word agape, "astonished" or "wide open," is a heteronym of agape, "Christian love."”
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A fictitious character created by an author for the purpose of writing in a different style.
“[…] the present paper aims at illuminating the origins of the concept under study, as well as presenting its readers with the reasons why certain characters in some of Yeats’s works go beyond mere masks and personae and fulfil the criteria to be considered as heteronyms.”
“Heteronyms are the distinct poetic personae that Pessoa adopted during the writing of his poems, and who were presented as their true authors.”
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Etymology
By surface analysis, hetero (“different”) + -onym (“name”). Compare Ancient Greek ἑτερώνυμος (heterṓnumos). First attested in 1885 in sense 1. The coining of this term in sense 3 (as Portuguese heterónimo) is usually attributed to Fernando Pessoa.
Words you can make from heteronym
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22 words5-letter words
51 words- HOMEY 13 pts
- HYMEN 13 pts
- MOTHY 13 pts
- RHYME 13 pts
- THYME 13 pts
- HENRY 11 pts
- HONEY 11 pts
- HORNY 11 pts
- EMERY 10 pts
- ENEMY 10 pts
- HOMER 10 pts
- MONEY 10 pts
- MONTH 10 pts
- MONTY 10 pts
- MOTEY 10 pts
- REHEM 10 pts
- RHEME 10 pts
- THEME 10 pts
- THERM 10 pts
- ENTRY 8 pts
- ETHER 8 pts
- HERON 8 pts
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- NORTH 8 pts
- ONERY 8 pts
- OTHER 8 pts
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- THERE 8 pts
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- MENTO 7 pts
- METER 7 pts
- METRE 7 pts
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4-letter words
69 words- HOMY 12 pts
- HYMN 12 pts
- MYTH 12 pts
- HYTE 10 pts
- THEY 10 pts
- HEME 9 pts
- HERM 9 pts
- HOME 9 pts
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3-letter words
53 words- HEY 9 pts
- HOY 9 pts
- THY 9 pts
- HEM 8 pts
- HOM 8 pts
- MEH 8 pts
- MHO 8 pts
- OHM 8 pts
- ETH 6 pts
- EYE 6 pts
- HEN 6 pts
- HER 6 pts
- HET 6 pts
- HOE 6 pts
- HON 6 pts
- HOT 6 pts
- NOH 6 pts
- NTH 6 pts
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- THE 6 pts
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- EME 5 pts
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- MET 5 pts
- MON 5 pts
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- NET 3 pts
- NOR 3 pts
- NOT 3 pts
- ONE 3 pts
- ORE 3 pts
- ORT 3 pts
- REE 3 pts
- RET 3 pts
- ROE 3 pts
- ROT 3 pts
- TEE 3 pts
- TEN 3 pts
- TOE 3 pts
- TON 3 pts
- TOR 3 pts
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