eponymous
pronunciation
How to pronounce eponymous in British English:
UK [ɪˈpɒnɪməs]
How to pronounce eponymous in American English:
US [ɪˈpɑnɪməs]
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- Adjective:
- being or relating to or bearing the name of an eponym
Word Origin
- eponymous (adj.)
- "giving one's name to," 1833; see eponym + -ous. Related: Eponymously. Alternative form eponymal is used in reference to the other classical eponymos, a title of certain magistrates in ancient Greece who gave their names to the years when they held office. Eponymic has been used in the sense "name-giving; pertaining to eponymic myths" as well as "of or pertaining to a classical eponymos."
Example
- 1. Most visitors make for the eponymous central temple .
- 2. Like the eponymous fable , alibaba.com is a good yarn .
- 3. All thanks to hubble and his eponymous telescope .
- 4. By the time he died , ford had all but run his eponymous corporation into the ground .
- 5. This time round , mr grycan is determined to retain much closer control with his eponymous company than when he owned zielona budka .