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24-08-2007, 10:59 PM
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Autonomic words
An autonomic word is on one which refers to or describes itself - eg SHORT (short is a short word)
I know a few: POLYSYLLABIC ENGLISH ADJECTIVAL and my favourite has to be SESQUIPEDALIAN What others can you think of? And is AUTONOMIC and autonomic word.......
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25-08-2007, 03:34 AM
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25-08-2007, 08:23 AM
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I think that's onomatopoeic. In that it sounds like the sound it describes. I'm unsure as to whether a word can be both onomatopoeic AND autonomic.
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