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An orange orange
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what is the term that describes an object that has the same colour as itself? e.g. An orange that is orange in colour
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Woof is Onomatopeia. An autonym is a word that people or groups of people use to refer to themselves like a name. Not actually sure there is an answer, can't think of any other things that are like orange. It was only called an orange because when they came to the uk in the 14th century their was nothing else with the same colour pigment so i guess it seemed fitting and simple.
Aviator is correct that one meaning of autonym refers to a group of people...
Autonym
1. A word that describes itself; e.g. noun is a noun, polysyllabic is polysyllabic, abbrv. is an abbreviation, word is a word.
2. A person's real name; the opposite of pseudonym.
3. A name by which a social group or race refers to itself.
� From Greek auto (=self).
� Also called self-referential word.
The use of orange in reference to the fruit was indeed in the fourteenth century. The reference to the colour was in the sixteenth.
http://www.randomhouse.com/wotd/index.pperl?da te=19980408
� Take care not to confuse with antonym, autoantonym.
Autonym
1. A word that describes itself; e.g. noun is a noun, polysyllabic is polysyllabic, abbrv. is an abbreviation, word is a word.
2. A person's real name; the opposite of pseudonym.
3. A name by which a social group or race refers to itself.
� From Greek auto (=self).
� Also called self-referential word.
The use of orange in reference to the fruit was indeed in the fourteenth century. The reference to the colour was in the sixteenth.
http://www.randomhouse.com/wotd/index.pperl?da te=19980408
� Take care not to confuse with antonym, autoantonym.
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