April 04, 2013, 04:49
Robert Arvanitis Contranyms
A paltry dozen? I wager this august body can double that with ease!
Herewith, an interesting piece on auto-antonyms:
http://www.mentalfloss.com/art...-their-own-opposites April 04, 2013, 06:47
goofy literally, really original "unchanged" and "new"
clip "to fasten" and "to cut"
show originally meant "to look at"
learn and
borrow mean "teach" and "lend" in some dialects
black is thought to come from PIE
*bhel- meaning "to shine, flash, burn; shining white and various bright colours"
This message has been edited. Last edited by: goofy , April 04, 2013 06:57 April 04, 2013, 07:23
arnie Wikipedia has an
article on contranyms with (at a quick count) 29 examples.
They've been mentioned fairly often here in the past -
this search will show the threads.
April 04, 2013, 09:21
Geoff Is a
contradance just two lines facing one another and doing nothing?
April 04, 2013, 10:10
<Proofreader> A contradance is a South American rebel group party.
April 05, 2013, 20:41
Kalleh So often I come across them, but of course when put on the spot I can't remember them!