tautonymic

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From tautonym +‎ -ic.

Adjective[edit]

tautonymic (not comparable)

  1. Relating to or being a tautonym (a term made from two identical parts).
    • 1996, Ross Eckler, Making the Alphabet Dance: Recreational Wordplay, New York, N.Y.: St. Martin's Griffin, published 1997, →ISBN, page 37:
      Even higher tautonymic multiples exist. Kukukuku can be found in the unabridged Merriam-Webster, Fofo Fofo is a town in eastern Papua, and angang-angang is a Javanese gong described in Sibyl Marcuse's Musical Instruments: A Comprehensive Dictionary (1964).