RETRONYM


Meaning of RETRONYM in English

/re"treuh nim/ , n.

a term, such as acoustic guitar, coined in modification of the original referent that was used alone, such as guitar, to distinguish it from a later contrastive development, such as electric guitar.

[ 1990-95, Amer.; RETRO- + -nym, as in HOMONYM ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .