while we are on the topic of autological words...

here is one of my favourites (it also has great mouthfeel).

elelendish - of another land, foreign. from old english eilland (foreign land)

look at the first five letters of elelendish and tell me truthfully that the word does not describe itself. but beware of elelendish’s autological paradox: the more you use it, the less autological it becomes.

August 24, 2009
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