单词 | antonomasia |
释义 | antonomasia[ an-tuh-nuh-mey-zhuh ] / ˌæn tə nəˈmeɪ ʒə / nounRhetoric. the identification of a person by an epithet or appellative that is not the person's name, as his lordship. the use of the name of a person who was distinguished by a particular characteristic, as Don Juan or Annie Oakley, to designate a person or group of persons having the same characteristic. Origin of antonomasia1580–90; <Latin <Greek, verbid of antonomázein to call by a new name, equivalent to ant-ant- + onomat- stem of ónomaname + -ia-ia OTHER WORDS FROM antonomasiaan·to·no·mas·tic [an-tuh-noh-mas-tik], /ˌæn tə noʊˈmæs tɪk/, an·to·no·mas·ti·cal, adjectivean·to·no·mas·ti·cal·ly, adverbWords nearby antonomasiaantoninianus, Antoninus, Antoninus Pius, Antonioni, Antonius, antonomasia, Anton Piller order, Antony, Antony and Cleopatra, antonym, Antony, Mark Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for antonomasia
British Dictionary definitions for antonomasiaantonomasia / (ˌæntənəˈmeɪzɪə) / noun rhetoricthe substitution of a title or epithet for a proper name, such as his highness the use of a proper name for an ideahe is a Daniel come to judgment Derived forms of antonomasiaantonomastic (ˌæntənəˈmæstɪk), adjectiveantonomastically, adverbWord Origin for antonomasiaC16: via Latin from Greek, from antonomazein to name differently, from onoma name Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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