tautonymic

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adjective

Relating to or being a tautonym (a term made from two identical parts).

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Meanings

adjectivetautonymic (not comparable)
  1. not comparableRelating to or being a tautonym (a term made from two identical parts).

    Even higher tautonymic multiples exist. Kukukuku can be found in the unabridged Merriam-Webster, Fofo Fofo is a town in eastern Papua, and angang-angang is a Javanese gong described in Sibyl Marcuse's Musical Instruments: A Comprehensive Dictionary (1964).

    1996, Ross Eckler, Making the Alphabet Dance: Recreational Wordplay, New York, N.Y.: St. Martin's Griffin, published 1997, →ISBN, page 37

Origin

From tautonym + -ic.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

tautomycin
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APA

tautonymic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tautonymic

MLA

“tautonymic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tautonymic. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tautonymic,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tautonymic.

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