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eponymicenUK
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.Thesaurus| Adj. | 1. | eponymic - being or relating to or bearing the name of an eponymeponymous |
eponymicenUK
ep·o·nym·ic (ep'ō-nim'ik), 1. Relating to an eponym. 2. An eponym. Referring to an eponym; derived from a proper name, which is so fully integrated in the mainstream language that it is commonly written in lowercase—e.g., gram stain and, increasingly, pap smearep·o·nym·ic (ep'ŏ-nim'ik) 1. Relating to an eponym. 2. Synonym(s): eponym. eponymicenUK
Synonyms for eponymicadj being or relating to or bearing the name of an eponymSynonyms |