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tautonymic

tautonymic adjective: relating to or being a tautonym (a term made from two identical parts).

Adjective

tautonymic (not comparable)

  1. Relating to or being a tautonym (a term made from two identical parts).
    • Even higher tautonymic multiples exist. Kukukuku can be found in the unabridged Merriam-Webster, Fofo Fofo is a town in eastern Papua, and angang-angang is a Javanese gong described in Sibyl Marcuse's Musical Instruments: A Comprehensive Dictionary (1964).1996, Ross Eckler, Making the Alphabet Dance: Recreational Wordplay, New York, N.Y.: St. Martin's Griffin, published 1997, →ISBN, page 37

Origin of tautonymic

From tautonym + -ic.

Questions about tautonymic

What does tautonymic mean?
Tautonymic means relating to or being a tautonym (a term made from two identical parts).
What part of speech is tautonymic?
Tautonymic is an adjective.

Words near tautonymic in the dictionary

  1. tautomorphemically
  2. tautomycin
  3. tautomycins
  4. tautonomy
  5. tautonym
  6. tautonymic
  7. tautonymies
  8. tautonymous
  9. tautonyms
  10. tautonymy
  11. tautophonic

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