eponymic
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ep·o·nym
(ĕp′ə-nĭm′)n.
1. A word or name derived from a proper noun. The words atlas, bowdlerize, denim, and Turing machine are eponyms.
2. One whose name is or is thought to be the source of the name of something: Alexander Garden is the eponym of the gardenia.
[French éponyme, from Greek epōnumos, named after : epi-, epi- + onoma, onuma, name; see nō̆-men- in Indo-European roots.]
ep′o·nym′ic adj.
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Adj. | 1. | eponymic - being or relating to or bearing the name of an eponym |
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