homonymous

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Having the same name as another (i.e., like a namesake).
  2. Of or pertaining to a homonym.
  3. Having homonymous hemianopsia (blindness in the same side of both eyes)

Pronunciation

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Word forms

homonymous

Etymology

Adapted borrowing of Latin homōnymus (“having the same name”) + -ous, from Ancient Greek ὁμώνυμος (homṓnumos). By surface analysis, homonym + -ous.

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Derived words

homonymously nonhomonymous non-homonymous
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