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[–] hessenjunge@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 1 year ago (1 child) There are probably some cases were words changed their meaning from positive to negative. (I know there are in German) permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] scutiger@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago (1 child) Contronyms are words that hold two opposite meanings permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] hessenjunge@discuss.tchncs.de 1 point 1 year ago I didn’t mean contronyms. One example of what I mean is the word knight. It used to mean boy or servant. The German word Knecht still means (farmers) servant. Another is ‘nice’, which used to mean ‘simple, foolish, ignorant’. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] scutiger@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago (1 child) Contronyms are words that hold two opposite meanings permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] hessenjunge@discuss.tchncs.de 1 point 1 year ago I didn’t mean contronyms. One example of what I mean is the word knight. It used to mean boy or servant. The German word Knecht still means (farmers) servant. Another is ‘nice’, which used to mean ‘simple, foolish, ignorant’. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] hessenjunge@discuss.tchncs.de 1 point 1 year ago I didn’t mean contronyms. One example of what I mean is the word knight. It used to mean boy or servant. The German word Knecht still means (farmers) servant. Another is ‘nice’, which used to mean ‘simple, foolish, ignorant’. permalink fedilink source parent