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homœophony

homœophony is the archaic spelling of homeophony.

Meaning of homeophony

Noun

homeophony (uncountable)

  1. Phonic similarity; the quality of being similar-sounding.
    • It may be styled euphonic, because it seems to affect words solely for the sake of euphony, or, rather, homœophony, and on the mere ground of contiguity in location, although very remotely related in all other respects; so much so, that, in this way, great violence is sometimes done to the true...1845: Plato and Tayler Lewis [tr. & comment.], Plato Contra Atheos: Plato Against the Atheists, page 203

Questions about homœophony

What is homœophony the archaic spelling of?
Homœophony is the archaic spelling of homeophony.

Words near homœophony in the dictionary

  1. homœopathists
  2. homœopathize
  3. homœopathy
  4. homœophone
  5. homœophones
  6. homœophony
  7. homœoplastic
  8. homœoplasties
  9. homœoplasty
  10. homœosis
  11. homœostasis

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