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Also, are you aware of other word pairs with circular definitions, i.e. which only define a word with its pair-mate
e.g. soliloquy and monologue (the first from latin and the second from greek). By the way "tepid" is no warmer than lukewarm, but it is a lot more learned, eh, erudite.
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