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List of eponymous adjectives in English information


An eponymous adjective is an adjective which has been derived from the name of a person, real or fictional. Persons from whose name the adjectives have been derived are called eponyms.[1]

Following is a list of eponymous adjectives in English.

  1. ^ Lobeck, Anne; Denham, Kristin (2014). "Adjective Morphology". Navigating English Grammar: A Guide to Analyzing Real Language. Chichester, West Sussex: Wiley-Blackwell. p. 151. ISBN 978-1-118-34030-1.

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