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capitonym

noun
/ˈkæpɪtə(ˌ)nɪm/

Etymology

From capital + -onym.

  1. derived from capitulum — “head-like object or structure; chapter”
  2. derived from capitellum — “capital or chapiter of a column”
  3. derived from capital
  4. inherited from capitale
  5. formed as capitonym — “capital + -onym”

Definitions

  1. A case-sensitive word

    A case-sensitive word: a word that changes meaning (and in some instances pronunciation) when the letter case used to write it is changed: whether (usually) the casing of its initial letter or (in other instances) the casing of its other letters as well.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for capitonym. 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