ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Capitonymic

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech adjective

Quick meaning: Capitonymic is an adjective meaning Being or pertaining to a capitonym.

Meaning

Being or pertaining to a capitonym.

Example Sentences

Capitonymic pairs that we perceive as English words — Concord/concord, Polish/polish, Reading/reading — are more satisfying than pairs that strike us as "foreign" […]

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include aptonymous, capitative, captological, capitellar, toponomastic, capsomeric.

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