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spinonym

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English

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A spinonym of the German word "neun"

Etymology

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From spin +‎ -onym.

Noun

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spinonym (plural spinonyms)

  1. A type of ambigram in which a word is written using the same glyph repeated in different orientations.
    • 2013, Nikita Prokhorov, Ambigrams Revealed: A Graphic Designer's Guide To Creating Typographic Art, →ISBN:
      The ambigrams in this category are not encountered as frequently as the others. These could include the following: 3d, containment, web, spacefilling, spinonyms, slide, dissection, or word crosses.