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| —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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Paronymous
is always a great word to know.
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| a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc. |
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
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