Talk:quantum leap

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Latest comment: 17 years ago by Connel MacKenzie
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Text I decided wasn't quite Wiktionary-worthy enough to add to main article:

Other words whose definitions changed over time be be the exact opposite of their original meaning

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  • hermetically sealed (from the original myth/parable, this was a seal that held nothing back, least of all water or people.)

There's probably a word for the type of word I was describing in that heading. --Connel MacKenzie 21:43, 29 May 2005 (UTC)Reply


Perhaps Category:English contranyms ? Appendix:English contranyms? Figures that the word contranym already exists. --Connel MacKenzie 09:21, 19 January 2007 (UTC)Reply