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aneponymous

adj

Etymology

From Latin aneponymus under influence from eponymous, from an- (“un-: not, lacking”) + eponymus (“surnamed, distinguished by an epithet”). Equivalent to an- + eponymous.

  1. derived from aneponymus

Definitions

  1. Lacking a surname or epithet.

    • William of Conches's Dragmaticon was initially published credited to the author "William Aneponymous", since the editor didn't know which of the many Guillaumes writing about philosophy at the time in France was responsible for the work.
    • It has been suggested that perhaps the author was the monk Gregory Aneponymous.

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