Word of the Day: EPONYMOUS

Naming or named for

eponymous (adj) - giving one's name to something or being so named for someone or something (also eponymic) [uh-pon-uh-muhs]

BREAKDOWN: EPI- (upon) + -ONYM (name) + -OUS (having qualities of)

• an eponym is a real or mythical person or thing whose name is the source for something else or, alternately, a name derived from the name or a person or thing

“One day while my brain was overheating, a cardinal, a blue jay, and an oriole appeared near my windowsill—that’s all the eponymous birds of Major League Baseball teams. That never happens.” ―David Epstein

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