Mr. A's Glossary
This glossary contains definitions for words used throughout the website. If you have a suggestion of a word that should be included here, please e-mail me at tim@mr-anderson.com.
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Haikua form of poetry developed in Japan; in English we use three lines, with syllable counts of 5-7-5 or 3-5-3. | |
Heroic coupletsrhymed couplets of iambic pentameter | |
hexametera six-foot line. | |
high-frequency wordA word that appears many more times than most other words in spoken or written language. | |
homographA word with the same spelling as another word, whether or not pronounced alike Examples:
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homonym
A word with different origin and meaning but the same oral or
written form as one or more other words Examples:
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homophone
A word with different origin and meaning but the same
pronunciation as another word, whether or not spelled alike Example:
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hyperboleA figure of speech which uses a deliberate exaggeration (e.g., I have told you a million times). | |
hypernymA word that has a more general meaning than another Examples:
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hyponymA word that has a more specific meaning than another Examples:
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hypothesizeTo make an assertion about something assumed but not positively known. | |