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homonymous

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Definition of homonymous

3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. (not-comparable)Having the same name as another (i.e., like a namesake).
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adj

  1. (not-comparable)Having the same name as another (i.e., like a namesake).
  2. (not-comparable)Of or pertaining to a homonym.
  3. (not-comparable)Having homonymous hemianopsia (blindness in the same side of both eyes)

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Etymology

Adapted borrowing of Latin homōnymus (“having the same name”) + -ous, from Ancient Greek ὁμώνυμος (homṓnumos). By surface analysis, homonym + -ous.

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