Thursday, 8 October 2015

antonyms - Are there other words which share the prefix "ig" to mean opposite, such as ignoble?

On first inspection, "ignoble" appears to be the only one



However, there may be a link between notornis and Ignotornis. Notornis is a New Zealand flightless bird, and ignotornis is an extinct bird from the dinosaur era. Was the ignotornis so named because it was not a notornis.? I don't know, and haven't been able to find out as yet.



There is also igtheism, but it's not really an antonym of theism. Ditto for ignostic and gnostic.



I feel I can't complete my post without mentioning the Ig Nobel Prizes which




honor achievements that make people LAUGH, and then THINK. The prizes are intended to celebrate the unusual, honor the imaginative — and spur people's interest in science, medicine, and technology.


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