EPONYMOUS

eponymous, eponymic

(adjective) being or relating to or bearing the name of an eponym

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

eponymous (comparative more eponymous, superlative most eponymous)

Of, relating to, or being the person or entity after which something or someone is named.

Source: Wiktionary


E*pon"y*mous, a. Etym: [Gr.

Definition: Relating to an eponym; giving one's name to a tribe, people, country, and the like. What becomes . . . of the Herakleid genealogy of the Spartan kings, when it is admitted that eponymous persons are to be canceled as fictions Grote.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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