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!
See #51.
But they'll still vote for her, over and over. A+
I'll take legal representation, please! Some days, ya know!
And here I thought you were a potent potables guy.
Did you forget to ping someone to that PSA?
Forget? Never...... ;^)
how fun!
I've given up the good stuff for a while. I could sure use one (or many!), though.
Like that Dutch painter, Homonymous Baaasch...
And, since their homonymous, both horns sounds alike when you blow the sheep really, really hard.
Herd sheep, have you?
Thats why they always go for Registration first.
i want you to know i always notice and appreciate the complementary taglines on your posts, mik : )
I see the Preds got lucky won again last night. Mazeltov! The announcers up here are all agreeing the Preds are for real.
I see you pinged our resident sheep herder......
Have you heard about our gun registration? It was supposed to cost $2 million. It's now actually up over $2 billion and climbing.
Loudly!
"Homonna, hommona, homonna."
Jackie Gleason having a homonymous moment.
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