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Definition: Eponymous |
EponymousAdjective1. Being or relating to or bearing the name of an eponym. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "eponymous" was first used: 1846. (references) |
Etymology: Eponymous \E*pon"y*mous\, adjective. [expression of Greek origin; 'epi` upon, to for name.]. (Websters 1913) |
Synonym: EponymousSynonym: eponymic (adj). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Eponymous |
| Specialty definitions using "eponymous": Ponderosariesenbastkaefer. (references) |
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| "Eponymous" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Eponymous" is used about 88 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 100% | 88 | 35,154 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
eponymous number physicist | 24 |
eponymous | 23 |
eponymous number | 7 |
eponymous physicist | 3 |
definition eponymous | 3 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "eponymous"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||
Greek | επόνυμος. (various references) | ||||
Italian | eponimo (eponym). (various references) | ||||
Pig Latin | eponymousay | ||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Greek | 700 BCE-300 CE | eponymos. (various references) |
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Misspellings | |
"Eponymous" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: aponymous, enonymous, eoponymous, epondymous, eponimous, eponomous, eponyjous, eponymou, eponymus, eponyous, epoonymous, epynomous, euonymous, euponymous, euponymus, iponymous, oponymous. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "eponymous" (pronounced 'E*pon"y*mous'): Abnormous, Achymous, Acrotomous, Aetheogamous, Agamous, Allogamous, Allonymous, Amphigamous, Amphistomous, Anadromous, Androtomous, Angiomonospermous, Angiospermous, Angiostomous, Anonymous, Antidromous, Antistrumous, Aspermous, Athalamous, Athermous, Autogamous, Autonomous, Azymous, Bigamous, Biramous, Blasphemous, Brumous, Campylospermous, Catadromous, Catanadromous, Chromous, Chymous, Coelospermous, Defamous, Diathermous, Diatomous, Dichogamous, Dichotomous, Didymous, Didynamous, Digamous, Disspermous, Ditrichotomous, Edriophthalmous, Endogamous, Enneaspermous, Enormous, Epiphylospermous, Equanimous, Exanimous. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-m-n-o-o-p-s-u-y" | |
-2 letters: eponyms, spooney, spumone, youpons. | |
-3 letters: eponym, moneys, mousey, myopes, poyous, snoopy, spoony, youpon, yupons. | |
-4 letters: menus, meous, meson, money, monos, moons, moony, moose, mopes, mopey, mosey, moues, mouse, mousy, muons, myope, neums, nomes, nomos, noose, nosey, omens, opens, peons, peony, poems, poesy, pomes, pones, poons, poyou, sepoy, snoop, sooey, soupy, spoon, spume, spumy. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-m-n-o-o-p-s-u-y" | |
+3 letters: pseudonymous. | |
+4 letters: compendiously, gymnospermous, hymenopterous. | |
+5 letters: contemptuously, pseudonymously. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)45 70 6F 6E 79 6D 6F 75 73 |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000101 01110000 01101111 01101110 01111001 01101101 01101111 01110101 01110011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)E p o n y m o u s |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0045 0070 006F 006E 0079 006D 006F 0075 0073 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)398281809179818785 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Usage Frequency 6. Expressions: Internet 7. Translations: Modern 8. Translations: Ancient | 9. Derivations 10. Rhymes 11. Anagrams 12. Orthography | 13. Bibliography |
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