Appendix talk:English autological terms

Latest comment: 3 years ago by Equinox in topic Spelled

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A bit of a gimmick, but how about “s-p-e-l-l-e-d?” Michael Z. 2008-06-22 18:45 z

The whole page is a gimmick! Equinox 08:05, 29 November 2020 (UTC)Reply

An archaic word which means: "an archaic word" edit

I seem to recall from my youth, when I had a much larger vocabulary, that there is a rather old word (starts with an A I think) which means "an archaic word". Trying to find it led me here, and it would be a great addition to this list. --Yoda of Borg (talk) 05:08, 19 April 2014 (UTC)Reply

antiquated83.117.228.110 14:27, 23 April 2015 (UTC)Reply

To carve or to engrave autological verbs edit

Are the verbs "carve" and "engrave" autological if they are carved/engraved? 180.251.147.17 11:21, 5 January 2016 (UTC)Reply

No, I mean: Are the verbs "carved" and "engraved" autological if they are carved/engraved? 180.251.147.17 11:23, 5 January 2016 (UTC)Reply

Completely eclectic edit

Should be based on published sources, clearly most of this is a matter of subjective judgement (in what way is esoteric "esoteric", or awkward "awkward, or abstruse "abstruse"? these are all perfectly regular words and none of them are in any way "awkward", let alone "esoteric" or "abstruse"). I don't want to argue specifics, I am proposing that the list should be reduced to items discussed as "autological" in published sources. --Dbachmann (talk) 14:06, 7 April 2017 (UTC)Reply

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