chrononym
nounEtymology
A 1979: chrono- + -onym.
Definitions
A term for a specific period of time, such as "summer" or "week."
- requires that the simple stative make use of the reader's implicit knowledge and sense of periodization, here the chrononym of "loss of status" because Nixon had to vacate the world's most desirable position of political power
- It’s important to remember that every chrononym (a word that refers to some particular time, such as “springtime” or “teatime”) is arbitrary; every calendar is based on cultural norms and sometimes curious assumptions.
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for chrononym. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA