autological
adj/ˌɔː.təʊˈlɒ.dʒɪ.kəl/UK/ˌɑːtoʊˈlɑːd͡ʒɪkəl/US
Etymology
From German autologisch, from Ancient Greek αὐτός (autós, “self”) + λόγος (lógos, “word”), by surface analysis, autology + -ical.
- derived from αὐτός
- borrowed from autologisch
Definitions
Possessing the property it describes.
- The word polysyllabic is autological, but the word monosyllabic is not.
- Because the word short is in fact short, it is considered autological.
- The word noun is itself a noun, and is thus autological.
The neighborhood
- antonymheterological
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for autological. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA