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polyonymic, a.|pɒlɪəʊˈnɪmɪk| [f. as prec. + -ic.] Of the nature of a polyonym or name consisting of several words.
1889Buck's Handbk. Med. Sc. VIII. 516/2 The conversion of the polyonymic, simile name into one which is mononymic and metaphorical, may commonly be effected by omitting the common noun and reducing the adjective to the substantive from which it was derived. |