Meanings
adjectivecapitonymic (not comparable)
- not comparableBeing 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
Origin
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capitonymic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/capitonymic
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