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Are there any pairs of English words that are cognate to each other yet have opposite meanings?
Alright, here's the best way I can explain this: if, hypothetically, the word pairs (love, loathe) and (friend, fiend) were cognates (i.e. they shared an etymological ancestor), they would be ...
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The Converse of Philosophy
The etymology of philosophy is "love of wisdom" (simplified)... So what would the word be that defines the converse of "love of wisdom"?
Since it is not definitively established what the converse of ...
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If pogonotrophy means to grow a beard, is there a term for shaving a beard?
If pogonotrophy means "to grow a beard", is there a term for shaving a beard?
How would you use pogonotrophy in a sentence? And if there is an antonym for this word, how would you use it in a ...
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Opposite word for “cursive”, as related to writing
I looked up the etymology entry at etymonline.com for cursive, which reads:
1784, from French cursif (18c.), from Medieval Latin cursivus “running,” from Latin cursus “a running,” from past ...
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