English Explanatory Dictionary

telonym

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A term formed from the terminal letter or letters of several words.
  2. A pseudonym formed in this way from an author's first name or full name.

Word forms

telonym telonyms

Etymology

From telo- + -onym.

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