contronym
English edit
Etymology edit
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.
Noun edit
contronym (plural contronyms)
- Alternative spelling of contranym
References edit
- ^ Herring, Jack. Word Study (February 1962).
- Lederer, Richard. "Curious Contronyms." Word Ways, 11 (February 1978): 27-28.