What Does the Word Paronymous Mean?

1 : conjugate sense 4. 2a : formed from a word in another language. b : having a form similar to that of a cognate foreign word.

What are Paronyms examples?

Examples of paronyms include:
  • alternately and alternatively.
  • collision and collusion.
  • conjuncture and conjecture.
  • excise and exercise.
  • prolepsis and proslepsis.
  • continuous and contiguous.
  • affect and effect.
  • upmost and utmost.

What is a Paranym?

1 : a friend going with a bridegroom to fetch home the bride in ancient Greece also : the bridesmaid conducting the bride to the bridegroom.

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