List of autological words
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A word is autological or homological if it truly describes itself (see Grelling-Nelson paradox). Most autological words are adjectives (since they describe words, which are things). Nouns and verbs can also be self-descriptive, though not in the same way that adjectives are. Phrases may also be autological, e.g., "three words long" is three words long.
(A word which is not autological is heterological, except the word "heterological", which is neither.)
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[edit] Adjectives
[edit] Always
- Polysyllabic
- Pentasyllabic
- Adjectival
- Dactylic
- Complete
- Sesquipedalian
- Mellifluous
- Wee
- Brief
- Terse
- Unhyphenated
- Hyphen-using
- Hippopotomonstrosesquipedalian
- Ten-letter'd
- Twelve-letter
- Fourteen-letter
- Fifteen-lettered
- Sextadecaliteral
- Seventeen-lettered
- Common
- Multisyllabic
- English
- Used
- Inanimate
[edit] Depending on context
- Initial (In the present context)
- Second (In the present context) (etc.)
- Autological (can be treated as autological or not, indifferently)
- Black (and other colours, when the word is printed in those colours)
- English (and its equivalent in other languages, such as "Español", when referring to the language)
- Legible (often)
- Listed (In the present context)
- Mentioned (In the present context)
- Neologism (formerly)
- Obscurantist (when used to describe long, intelligent-sounding language; obfuscatory)
- Olden (at present)
- Pronounceable (for many people)
- Self-referential (when applied to itself)
- Slang (originally)
- Spoken/Written etc. (when spoken/written etc.)
- Typed (In the present context)
- Uninformative
- Unsung (when not sung)
- Ink (when written in ink)
- Linking (in present context)
- Editable (in present context)
- Antepenultimate (In the present context)
- Penultimate (In the present context)
- Final (In the present context)
[edit] Nouns
[edit] Always
[edit] Depending on context
- Antonym
- e-text, when stored in an electronic format
- Example (in present context)
- Homonym
- Hyperlink (when it appears as a hyperlink)
- Igpay Atinlay
- 1337sp34k
- List item, when it is an item in a list
- bed (looks like a bed in lower case)
- Name
- Spelling
- Synonym
- the name of any typeface
- Film (actually not autological as a word, but it is as a name)
[edit] Other parts of speech
The word "autological" and its synonym "blardy" may be taken, without contradiction, to be either autological or heterological.
