het·ero·nym
Noun: one of two
or more homographs [words that are spelled the same]
that differ in
pronunciation and meaning
(such as a bass voice and bass, a fish)
First Known Use:
circa 1889
40: number
Oh, I feel number in the cold
Than back when I was young.
Yes, now that I’m a little “old,”
When all my songs are sung
(Well, most of them, I should confess—
But I could number all the
ones
That I have left—a few, I guess),
And there aren’t all that many suns
Remaining in my human sky,
I’ve noticed many “elder” things
That now are mine. (Oh, sigh—and sigh!)
I’m hoping to see many springs
And summers, winters (not the best),
And autumns with the leaves ablaze—
And sunsets dying in the west—
And all the things that still amaze.
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