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Eponymous
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adjective 1. (Of a person) Giving their name to something.
2. (Of a thing) Named after a particular person.
EXAMPLE SENTENCES
Play Button "The artist's eponymous album bore his name in bold red letters on the cover."
Play Button "Her eponymous debut album was a hit, and now everyone knows her name."
Play Button "Look around the grocery store at the eponymous food brands — Kraft, Kellogg's, and Campbell's, for example."
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Greek, mid-19th century
Why This Word?
"Synonymous," "anonymous," "pseudonymous," "eponymous" — they all have to do with names for things because they come from the Greek word "onyma," meaning "name." "Eponymous," in particular, has to do with the name of a person, but in two different usages. ...
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