The pronunciation makes this word interesting. To look at the word, one would think it meant "earth duck" or maybe "rock duck", but it's a clam pronounced, as madmouth noted, gooeyduck. The only case I know of where 'eo' is pronounced 'oo-ee'.
Both a synonym of synonym and an antonym of antonym. The only usages I can find are either in lists of -onym words, lists of obscure words, or answering the query "What's another word for synonym?"
I've seen 'thelyphthoric' listed in some specialized dictionaries of unusual words. It is listed on the site Luciferous Logolepsy and in Mrs. Byrne's Dictionary and Peter Bowler's _Superior Person's Book of Words_. The definition given is "that which corrupts women". The 'thely-' and 'phth' roots would be Greek, so the definition is feasible, but I've never seen it in any "official" dictionaries.
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ephraim99 commented on the word zyzzyva
These weevils always have the last word.
May 27, 2010
ephraim99 commented on the word geoduck
The pronunciation makes this word interesting. To look at the word, one would think it meant "earth duck" or maybe "rock duck", but it's a clam pronounced, as madmouth noted, gooeyduck. The only case I know of where 'eo' is pronounced 'oo-ee'.
May 27, 2010
ephraim99 commented on the word poecilonym
Both a synonym of synonym and an antonym of antonym. The only usages I can find are either in lists of -onym words, lists of obscure words, or answering the query "What's another word for synonym?"
May 11, 2010
ephraim99 commented on the word thelyphthoric
I've seen 'thelyphthoric' listed in some specialized dictionaries of unusual words. It is listed on the site Luciferous Logolepsy and in Mrs. Byrne's Dictionary and Peter Bowler's _Superior Person's Book of Words_. The definition given is "that which corrupts women". The 'thely-' and 'phth' roots would be Greek, so the definition is feasible, but I've never seen it in any "official" dictionaries.
June 10, 2009