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eponym (ˈɛpəˌnɪm) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a name, esp a place name, derived from the name of a real or mythical person, as for example Constantinople from Constantine I |
| 2. | 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] | |
| epo'nymic | |
| —adj | |
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| 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. |
| a gadget; dingus; thingumbob. |
eponym
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eponym ep·o·nym (ěp'ə-nĭm')
n.
A name of a drug, structure, or disease based on or derived from the name of a person.
ep'o·nym'ic adj.
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eponym
one for whom or which something is or is believed to be named. The word can refer, for example, to the usually mythical ancestor or totem animal or object that a social group (such as a tribe) holds to be the origin of its name. In its most familiar use, eponym denotes a person for whom a place or thing is named, as in describing James Monroe as the eponym of Monrovia, Liberia. The derivative adjective is eponymous. An eponymous hero of a work of literature is one whose name is the title of the work, such as Anne Bronte's Agnes Grey, Charles Dickens's David Copperfield, and John Fowles's Daniel Martin.
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