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Gene Weingarten of The Washington Post coined the word inaptonym as an antonym for "aptonym". [ 2 ] The word "euonym" ( eu- + -onym ), dated to late 1800, is defined as "a name well suited to the person, place, or thing named".
An unpaired word is one that, according to the usual rules of the language, would appear to have a related word but does not. [1] Such words usually have a prefix or suffix that would imply that there is an antonym, with the prefix or suffix being absent or opposite.
Hindi: कल and Urdu: کل (kal) may mean either "yesterday" or "tomorrow" (disambiguated by the verb in the sentence).; Icelandic: fram eftir can mean "toward the sea" or "away from the sea" depending on dialect.
a person who sells property for others (US: realtor, real estate agent) estate car a station wagon exclamation mark * (US: exclamation point) [71] ex-directory (of a telephone number) unlisted; also informally of a person "he's ex-directory", meaning his telephone number is unlisted expiry date (of a credit or debit card) expiration date ...
Brazy "Brazy" is another word for "crazy," replacing the "c" with a "b." It can also be used to describe someone with great skill or who has accomplished something seemingly impossible.
Progeny are offspring, or things that follow or develop from something else. A prodigy is a genius or extremely talented person (especially a young one). Posterity means future generations, or the future in a personified sense (usually used after "for" or "to"). prosecute and persecute. Prosecute is the act of legally charging a crime.
I've known my husband was the person I wanted to marry since we met. He knows me so well and proposed to me in a library without saying a word.
The fop was a stock character in English literature and especially comic drama, as well as satirical prints. He is a "man of fashion" who overdresses, aspires to wit, and generally puts on airs, which may include aspiring to a higher social station than others think he has.