autological

au·to·log·i·cal

A5560475 (ô′tə-lŏj′ĭkəl) adj. Being a word that possesses the characteristic it describes. The word polysyllabic is autological, since it is itself polysyllabic.
[auto- + Greek logos, word, speech; see logo- + -ic + -al (translation of German autologisch).]
au′to·log′i·cal·ly adv.
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