Grelling's Paradox
Aug. 4th, 2014 07:52 amAn early-morning brain-twister for the etymologically inclined:
If a homological adjective is one that is true of itself, e.g., "polysyllabic", and a heterological adjective is one which is not true of itself, e.g., "bisyllabic", then what about "heterological"? Is it heterological or not? -- Grelling's Paradox
If a homological adjective is one that is true of itself, e.g., "polysyllabic", and a heterological adjective is one which is not true of itself, e.g., "bisyllabic", then what about "heterological"? Is it heterological or not? -- Grelling's Paradox