English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
aut- + antonym.
Coined or reported by Joseph T. Shipley, 1960.[1]
autantonym (plural autantonyms)
- Alternative spelling of autoantonym
- 1960, Joseph T. Shipley, Playing with Words, Prentice-Hall, p. 74[1]
- autantonym — word having two opposite meanings (as a fast horse, and a fast color). Cf. contronym, heteronym, and homonym.
- 1986, Harry Edwin Eiss, Dictionary of Language Games, Puzzles, and Amusements, Greenwood Press, p. 39.[2]
- autantonym — word having two opposite meanings (as a fast horse, and a fast color). Cf. contronym, heteronym, and homonym.
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Shipley, Joseph T. Playing with Words. Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall, 1960, p. 74
- ^ Eiss, Harry Edwin. Dictionary of Language Games, Puzzles, and Amusements. New York: Greenwood Press, 1986, p. 39.
