Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of, relating to, or constituting an eponym.
- adjective Named after something else or deriving from an existing name or word.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Giving one's name to a tribe, people, city, year, or period; regarded as the founder or originator.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Relating to an eponym; giving one's name to a tribe, people, country, and the like.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Of, relating to, or being the
person orentity after which something or someone isnamed .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective being or relating to or bearing the name of an eponym
Etymologies
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Examples
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The one whose name was used to designate the year is known as eponymous, meaning “giving his name to.”
THE LANDMARK THUCYDIDES Robert B. Strassler 2003
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The one whose name was used to designate the year is known as eponymous, meaning “giving his name to.”
THE LANDMARK THUCYDIDES Robert B. Strassler 2003
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jimmy, ever since the REM album named 'Eponymous' dropped back in '88, I've had a life-long dream to use the word eponymous in blog comment post.
The BSNYC Second Annual Self-Congratulatory Treacle-Fest! BikeSnobNYC 2009
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(I have been waiting for a chance to use the word eponymous for so long!) # Ragged Boyon 27 May 2009 at 8: 07 am
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For me the best has to be H R Giger's creation ... no I refuse to misuse the word eponymous ... from the film of that name.
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The cast is the crème de la crème of indie heavy hitters; Lou Taylor Pucci (who earned his cred-card in thumbsucker), Nora Zhetner (got hers in Brick), Kristen Bell (First big screen lead but of course she is best known as the eponymous heroine of Veronica Mars) and Eddie Kaye Thomas who, interestingly enough, was mean to me in high school back when he still went by Eddie Kovelsky.
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Therefore I strongly support the idea of eponymous reviewing.
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Then, as if that isn't self-conscious and self-referential i.e., modern enough, one of the characters disdainfully calls the eponymous seagull a symbol.
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The claim that these names are eponymous, that is to say, that fabled ancestors are assigned to various nations, as Rome was wont to consider
Exposition of Genesis: Volume 1 1892-1972 1942
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The sections called eponymous are named after Rishis or saints mentioned in the Vedas and other scriptures and are found among the
The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India—Volume I (of IV) Robert Vane Russell 1894
seanmeade commented on the word eponymous
eponymous: great REM IRS-years compilation album
March 26, 2007
skipvia commented on the word eponymous
See also onymous and anonymous.
October 3, 2007
uselessness commented on the word eponymous
And pseudonymous, synonymous, antonymous, homonymous, heteronymous, antagonymous, contranymous, meronymous, holonymous, hypernymous, hyponymous, capitonymous, acronymous, toponymous, backronymous, exonymous, patronymous, matronymous, and retronymous.
And, er, womonymous and aptronymous, but I'm not convinced those are real words. ;-)
October 3, 2007
uselessness commented on the word eponymous
Oh, and this list. :-P
October 3, 2007
reesetee commented on the word eponymous
Wow. Wordonymous.
October 3, 2007
seanahan commented on the word eponymous
As in WordOnymous.
October 4, 2007
reesetee commented on the word eponymous
Ooh! Missed that one, seanahan!
October 4, 2007