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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.
An antonym is one of a pair of words with opposite meanings. Each word in the pair is the antithesis of the other. A word may have more than one antonym. There are three categories of antonyms identified by the nature of the relationship between the opposed meanings.
Synonyms; Unechis incredibilis Wells & Wellington, 1985; ... The specific epithet incredibilis (“incredible”) is presumed to refer to its unusual colouration. [2]
Oxymorons in the narrow sense are a rhetorical device used deliberately by the speaker and intended to be understood as such by the listener. In a more extended sense, the term "oxymoron" has also been applied to inadvertent or incidental contradictions, as in the case of "dead metaphors" ("barely clothed" or "terribly good").
A thesaurus (pl.: thesauri or thesauruses), sometimes called a synonym dictionary or dictionary of synonyms, is a reference work which arranges words by their meanings (or in simpler terms, a book where one can find different words with similar meanings to other words), [1] [2] sometimes as a hierarchy of broader and narrower terms, sometimes simply as lists of synonyms and antonyms.
The first Aiolornis material, described in 1952, was a cuneiform bone found in Smith Creek Cave, White Pine County, which is located 34 miles north of Baker, Nevada.The fossil was found to be from the Quaternary, and similarities with Teratornis merriami were noted in the description, hence the usage of the name T. incredibilis in the original description of the bird.
An aptronym, aptonym, or euonym is a personal name aptly or peculiarly suited to its owner (e.g. their occupation). [1]Gene Weingarten of The Washington Post coined the word inaptonym as an antonym for "aptonym".
"Incredible", by Sia from Reasonable Woman, 2024; Other uses. INCredible, a record label; Droid Incredible, a smartphone; The Incredibles, a 2004 American animated ...