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ep·o·nym E0185300 (ĕp′ə-nĭm′)n.1. A word or name derived from a proper noun. The words atlas, bowdlerize, denim, and Turing machine are eponyms.2. One whose name is or is thought to be the source of the name of something: Alexander Garden is the eponym of the gardenia.
[French éponyme, from Greek epōnumos, named after : epi-, epi- + onoma, onuma, name; see nō̆-men- in Indo-European roots.]
ep′o·nym′ic adj.eponym (ˈɛpəˌnɪm) n1. a name, esp a place name, derived from the name of a real or mythical person, as for example Constantinople from Constantine I2. the name of the person from which such a name is derived: in the Middle Ages, "Brutus" was thought to be the eponym of "Britain". [C19: from Greek epōnumos giving a significant name] ˌepoˈnymic adjep•o•nym (ˈɛp ə nɪm)
n. 1. a person, real or imaginary, from whom something takes or is said to take its name. 2. a word based on or derived from a person's name. [1840–50] ep`o•nym′ic, adj. eponym1. the name of a real or legendary person that has been applied to a thing, institution, etc, as atlas.
2. the name of a person that is used to describe a time or period, as the Augustan Age. — eponymic, eponymous, adj.See also: NameseponymA person’s name from which the name of a place or thing is derived.Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | eponym - the person for whom something is named; "Constantine I is the eponym for Constantinople"name - a language unit by which a person or thing is known; "his name really is George Washington"; "those are two names for the same thing" | | 2. | eponym - the name derived from a person (real or imaginary); "Down's syndrome is an eponym for the English physician John Down"name - a language unit by which a person or thing is known; "his name really is George Washington"; "those are two names for the same thing" |
TranslationseponymenUK
eponym [ep´o-nim] a name or phrase formed from or including a person's name, such as Hodgkin's disease, Cowper's glands, or Schick test. adj., adj eponym´ic, epon´ymous.ep·o·nym (ep'ō-nim), The name of a disease, structure, operation, or procedure, usually derived from the name of the person who discovered or described it first. [G. epōnymos, named after] eponym Medtalk A syndrome, lesion, surgical procedure or clinical sign that bears the name of the author who first described the entity, or less commonly, the name of the index Pt(s) in whom the lesion was first describedep·o·nym (ep'ŏ-nim) The name of a disease, structure, operation, or procedure, usually derived from the name of the person who first discovered or described it.
Synonym(s): eponymic (2) . [G. epōnymos, named after]eponym A name of a disease, syndrome, anatomical part, surgical instrument, etc derived from the name of the person who discovered, invented or first successfully promulgated it.eponymenUK
Words related to eponymnoun the person for whom something is namedRelated Wordsnoun the name derived from a person (real or imaginary)Related Words |