Posted on 12/08/2005 7:58:28 AM PST by secret garden
In order that we might all raise the level of discourse and expand our language abilities, here is the daily post of "Word for the Day".
homonymous • \hoe-MAH-nuh-mus\ adjective
1 : ambiguous
2 : having the same designation
3 : of, relating to, or being homonyms
Example sentence:
How many states, besides New York, have a homonymous city or town?
Etymology: The "ambiguous" sense of "homonymous" refers mainly to words that have two or more meanings. In the 1600s, logicians and scientists who wanted to refer to (or complain about!) such equivocal words chose a name for them based on Latin and Greek, from Greek "hom-" ("same") and "onyma" ("name"). In time, English speakers came up with another sense of "homonymous," referring to two things having the same name (Hawaii, the state, and Hawaii, the island, for example). Next came the use of "homonymous" to refer to homonyms, such as "see" and "sea." There's also a zoological sense. Sheep and goats whose right horn spirals to the right and left horn spirals to the left are said to be "homonymous."
Rules: Everyone must leave a post using the Word for the Day in a sentence.
The sentence must, in some way, relate to the news of the day.
The Review threads are linked for your edification. ;-)
Practice makes perfect.....post on....
Review Thread One: Word For The Day, Thursday 11/14/02: Raffish (Be SURE to check out posts #92 and #111 on this thread!)
Review Thread Two: Word For The Day, Tuesday 1/14/03: Roister
Review Thread Three: Word For The Day, Tuesday 1/28/03: Obdurate
WFB's attempt to emulate us ; ) No pushing at the door please!
Here is my example with WFTD.
Being Episcopalian is not homonymous with embracing an alternate lifestyle.
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heck, i had forgotten we were still in the old room!
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Howdy tiger. You're first in line today.
Morning all!
Good morning! Red ribbon for you. It's been a mad dash today. No snow but rain. My oldest is now a teenager.
Too easy.
GOOD MORNING!
homonymous - them's some good grits.
Hey tre, you're officially on my ping list now! I'm off to the art room. Catch y'all in a bit!
Freezing in Houston......... the end is near!
I wondered who would be the first one to pick up on it. You didn't disappoint me, Marty! ;) Not that there's anything wrong with the WFTD...
Thanks! I hated being the deaf kid when the bell rang.
Homonymus,
unanimous,
anonymous
magnanimous,
preposterous!
cantankerous.
Eponymous.
No names!
I thought we were going to have to out the icepick brigade, figuring you were frozen stiff somewhere on your running route :^)
A homo-anono-genesis?
Isn't that the Mankind's Unknown Bigger Big Bang?
How dare you!
Dialog:
Don't talk back to preposterous unanimous anonymous Homonymus,
lest you catch their magnanimous cancankerous Eponymous.
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