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This is a list of English words inherited and derived directly from the Old English stage of the language. This list also includes neologisms formed from Old English roots and/or particles in later forms of English, and words borrowed into other languages (e.g. French, Anglo-French, etc.) then borrowed back into English (e.g. bateau, chiffon, gourmet, nordic, etc.).
The term antonym (and the related antonymy) is commonly taken to be synonymous with opposite, but antonym also has other more restricted meanings. Graded (or gradable) antonyms are word pairs whose meanings are opposite and which lie on a continuous spectrum (hot, cold).
antonym: a word with the exact opposite meaning of another word; an antithesis: often shown in opposite word pairs such as "high" and "low" (compare with "synonym") apronym : a word which, as an acronym or backronym, has a meaning related to the meaning of the words constituting the acronym or backronym; such as PLATO for "Programmed Logic for ...
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Temper (band), a dance music group; Temper, a 2008 album by Benoit Pioulard "Temper", a song by Cyberaktif from the 1991 album Tenebrae Vision "Temper", a 2021 song by Vera Blue; Temper, or, Domestic Scenes, a novel by Amelia Opie, 1812–1813; The Tempering, a young-adult novel by Gloria Skurzynski, 1983; Temper, a character in Corner Shop Show
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the husk of an ear of corn (maize), an oyster shell, etc.; used in plural to mean something worthless or as an interjection ("shucks!"); (verb) to remove the shuck; also, to discard, get rid of, remove ("I shucked my coat") shyster* A lawyer or accountant of dubious ethical standards.