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Thread #37618   Message #525687
Posted By: katlaughing
11-Aug-01 - 01:24 PM
Thread Name: BS: Reasons why English is so hard to learn
Subject: RE: BS: Reasons why English is so hard to learn
There sure is, Larry. Here ya go and thanks for asking. You must have quite a collection!

Main Entry: hom.onym
Pronunciation: 'hä-ma-nim
Function: noun
Etymology: Latin homonymum, from Greek homOnymon, from neuter of homOnymos
Date: 1697
1: one of two or more words spelled and pronounced alike but different in meaning (as the noun quail and the verb quail)