antonomastic
tə noun
1.
Rhetoric. the identification of a person by an epithet or appellative that is not the person's name, as his lordship.
2.
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.
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Antonomastic
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| the offspring of a zebra and a donkey. |
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antonomasia (ˌæntənəˈmeɪzɪə) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | the substitution of a title or epithet for a proper name, such as his highness |
| 2. | the use of a proper name for an idea: he is a Daniel come to judgment |
| [C16: via Latin from Greek, from antonomazein to name differently, from onoma name] | |
| antonomastic | |
| —adj | |
| antono'mastically | |
| —adv | |
| antonomasia (ˌæntənəˈmeɪzɪə) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | the substitution of a title or epithet for a proper name, such as his highness |
| 2. | the use of a proper name for an idea: he is a Daniel come to judgment |
| [C16: via Latin from Greek, from antonomazein to name differently, from onoma name] | |
| antonomastic | |
| —adj | |
| antono'mastically | |
| —adv | |
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Word Origin & History
antonomasia
use of an epithet for a proper name (or vice versa), 1580s, from L., from Gk. antonomasia, from antonomazein "to name instead," from anti "instead" + onomazein "to name," from onoma "name" (see name).
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