paronymic
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paronym (ˈpærənɪm) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| linguistics a cognate word | |
| [C19: via Late Latin from Greek paronumon, from | |
| paro'nymic | |
| —adj | |
| paronymous | |
| —adj | |
| pa'ronymously | |
| —adv | |
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Paronymic
is always a great word to know.
So is doohickey. Does it mean:
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a gadget; dingus; thingumbob. |
| paronym (ˈpærənɪm) | |
| —n | |
| linguistics a cognate word | |
| [C19: via Late Latin from Greek paronumon, from | |
| paro'nymic | |
| —adj | |
| paronymous | |
| —adj | |
| pa'ronymously | |
| —adv | |
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