acronym
nounEtymology
Borrowed from German Akronym, from Ancient Greek ἄκρον (ákron, “end, peak”) and ὄνυμα (ónuma, “name”), equivalent to acro- (“high; beginning”) + -onym (“name”). Modelled after Homonym and Synonym, first attested in German in the early 1900s and in English in 1940.
Definitions
An abbreviation formed by the initial letters of other words.
- Pee-gee-enn. It's an acronym, that's what it is. That's what they call words made up of initials.
An abbreviation formed by the beginning letters or syllables of other words (as…
An abbreviation formed by the beginning letters or syllables of other words (as "Benelux").
- Acronyms or telescoped names like nabisco from National Biscuit Company.
To form into an acronym.
The neighborhood
- neighboracronymisation
- neighboracronymization
- neighboranacronymic
- neighbornonacronymous
- neighbornon-acronymous
Derived
acronymania, acronymic, acronymise, acronymist, acronymitis, acronymize, acronymophilia, acronymous, acronymphomania, acronymy, anachronym, anacronym, apronym, backronym, bacronym, macronym, nested acronym, netcronym, orphan acronym, pseudoacronym, pseudo-acronym, recursive acronym, redundant acronym syndrome, YABA
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at acronym. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at acronym. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
10 hops · closes at acronym
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA