eponymous, eponymic
(adjective) being or relating to or bearing the name of an eponym
Source: WordNet® 3.1
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
12 May 2024
(verb) summon to return; “The ambassador was recalled to his country”; “The company called back many of the workers it had laid off during the recession”
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
