selfname

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It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.

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13
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16
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8

Definition of selfname

3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. A proper name; a name for one's own self, as opposed to one's family; one's real name.
    “Surnames are, with a few exceptions, monosyllabic. Selfnames can be either monosyllabic or bisyllabic.”
    “"Oh, Elements," she finally managed to say, sitting back against the seat cushion of the pilot's chair, "is that truly your selfname?" "James, actually."”
    “But first of all came Lystra with her selfname.”
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noun

  1. A proper name; a name for one's own self, as opposed to one's family; one's real name.
    “Surnames are, with a few exceptions, monosyllabic. Selfnames can be either monosyllabic or bisyllabic.”
    “"Oh, Elements," she finally managed to say, sitting back against the seat cushion of the pilot's chair, "is that truly your selfname?" "James, actually."”
    “But first of all came Lystra with her selfname.”
  2. A name given to oneself; a self-denomination or self-appellation.
    “Mina is the selfname of the language referred to in the literature as Hina or Besleri.”
  3. An autonym.
    “In the past, the Ainu (their selfname meaning 'person'), traditionally huntergatherers, occupied not only Hokkaido but also a considerable part of the island of Honshu until the middle the eighteenth century, [...]”

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

Etymology

From self (“own, proper”) + name. The autonym sense is possibly a calque of Ancient Greek αὐτο- (auto-, “self-”) + ὄνομᾰ (ónomă, “name”), which are the ultimate roots of English autonym itself.

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