Antonym

“Antonym (noun): A word opposite in meaning to a given word. Adj. antonymous; n. antonymy.

‘The Greeks used caco-and dys- to manufacture the antonyms to eu-compounds.’ Philip Howard, Words Fail Me”

Excerpted from: Grambs, David. The Random House Dictionary for Writers and Readers. New York: Random House, 1990.

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