eponymous
adj/ɪˈpɒnɪməs/UK/əˈpɑnəməs/US/əˈpɒnəməs/
Etymology
PIE word *h₁epi From Ancient Greek ἐπώνῠμος (epṓnŭmos, “concerning giving one’s name to something; named in a significant manner; surnamed”) + English -ous (suffix forming adjectives from nouns, denoting pertinence or relation).
- derived from ἐπώνῠμος — “concerning giving one’s name to something; named in a significant manner; surnamed”
Definitions
Of, relating to, or being the person or entity after which someone or something is named
Of, relating to, or being the person or entity after which someone or something is named; serving as an eponym.
- Prince Hamlet is the eponymous protagonist of the Shakespearian tragedy Hamlet.
- Robinson Crusoe is the eponymous hero of the book.
- The language Limburgish is named after the eponymous provinces in Belgium and the Netherlands.
Of a thing
Of a thing: named after a person or entity.
- The American singer-songwriter Madonna released her eponymous album in 1983.
The neighborhood
- neighboreponym
- neighboreponymic
- neighboreponymically
- neighboreponymism
- neighboreponymist
- neighboreponymize
- neighboreponymy
- neighbornamesake
- neighborself-titled
- neighbortitular
Derived
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for eponymous. 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