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tautologous

tautologous adjective: pertaining to a tautology; tautological.

Adjective

tautologous (comparative more tautologous, superlative most tautologous)

  1. Pertaining to a tautology; tautological.

Forms of tautologous

comparativemore tautologous
superlativemost tautologous

Origin of tautologous

From tautology + -ous.

Words formed from tautologous

Questions about tautologous

What does tautologous mean?
Tautologous means pertaining to a tautology; tautological.
What part of speech is tautologous?
Tautologous is an adjective.

Words near tautologous in the dictionary

  1. tautologists
  2. tautologize
  3. tautologized
  4. tautologizes
  5. tautologizing
  6. tautologous
  7. tautologously
  8. tautologousness
  9. tautology
  10. tautomer
  11. tautomeral

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