Words that are their own opposites

Thursday, March 3, 2016

Linguist Arika Okrent and Mental Floss illustrator Sean O'Neill (previously) explain the origins of some contronyms – words with multiple meanings, one of which is defined as the reverse of one of its other meanings – in the English language, such as "sanction", "clip", "dust" or "trim."
Welcome to the world of contronyms, where words mean something--as well as its opposite.

Arika Okrent


tag-icon ,

comment-icon 0 comentarii . permalink .

Follow Blame it on the Voices on Twitter | Blame it on the Voices on Facebook

If you liked this post, you can subscribe to the Blame It On The Voices RSS feed and get your regular fix


0 comentarii:

Post a Comment

Dear spammers! Please note that a nofollow attribute is automatically added to all the comment-related links!

You can use the following HTML tags: <b>, <i>, <a>

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)