contronym

Definition from Wiktionary, a free dictionary

Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Noun 1.3 References

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

contra- +‎ +‎ -onym.

Coined 1962 by Jack Herring.^[1] Note that the vowel of the suffix generally supersedes the vowel of the prefix, hence coined as contronym, rather than contranym.

[edit] Noun

contronym (plural contronyms)

1. Alternative spelling of contranym.

[edit] References

• Notes:

1. ^ Herring, Jack. Word Study (February 1962).

• Lederer, Richard. "Curious Contronyms." Word Ways, 11 (February 1978): 27-28.