eponymous

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Adjective

HYPHEN

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Adjective eponymous has 1 sense

eponymous(a = adj.pert) eponymic - being or relating to or bearing the name of an eponym;

Derived forms noun eponym₂, noun eponym₁

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CIDE DICTIONARY

eponymous, a. [Gr. ; 'epi` upon, to + for name.].

Relating to an eponym; giving one's name to a tribe, people, country, and the like. [1913 Webster]

"What becomes . . . of the Herakleid genealogy of the Spartan kings, when it is admitted that eponymous persons are to be canceled as fictions?" [1913 Webster]

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