capitonymic

adj

capitonymic

adj

Etymology From capitonym + -ic.

1

Being or pertaining to a capitonym.

Capitonymic pairs that we perceive as English words — Concord/concord, Polish/polish, Reading/reading — are more satisfying than pairs that strike us as "foreign" […]1998, Richard Lederer, The Word Circus, page 277:

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