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Eponymic

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ep·o·nym  (p-nm)
n.
1. A word or name derived from the name of a person. The words atlas, bowdlerize, and Turing machine are eponyms.
2. A person whose name is or is thought to be the source of the name of something.
[French éponyme, from Greek epnumos, named after : epi-, epi- + onoma, onuma, name; see n-men- in Indo-European roots.]
epo·nymic adj.
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Adj.1.eponymic - being or relating to or bearing the name of an eponym
eponymous


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