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Eponyms (Part 1)

Posted on May 1, 2014 by lylelarsen
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Many common words in English derive from people’s names.  The term EPONYM refers to the name of a person that has become so closely associated with a particular object or attribute, that the name now stands for the object or attribute itself. Continue reading →

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