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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: Nitpicking... #148903 10/14/05 08:10 PM Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 2,379 New York City I inselpeter Pooh-Bah inselpeter Pooh-Bah I Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 2,379 New York City Good question. Here's what I found. eponym n 1: the name of a person for whom something is supposedly named; "Constantine I is the eponym for Constantinople" 2: a name derived from the name of person (real or imaginary) as the name of Alexandria is derived from the name of its founder: Alexander the Great Source: WordNet ® 2.0, © 2003 Princeton University [/blue] (emphasis added) Last edited by inselpeter; 10/14/05 08:13 PM. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Nitpicking... Jackie 10/14/05 11:49 AM Re: Nitpicking... Father Steve 10/14/05 12:37 PM Re: Nitpicking... inselpeter 10/14/05 08:10 PM ...with a fine-toothed comb wofahulicodoc 10/15/05 12:36 AM Re: ...with a fine-toothed comb Father Steve 10/15/05 01:12 AM Re: ...with a fine-toothed comb inselpeter 10/15/05 01:22 AM Re: ...with a fine-toothed comb Buffalo Shrdlu 10/15/05 01:26 AM (delusions of TEd) wofahulicodoc 10/15/05 01:44 AM Re: Nitpicking... WhitmanO'Neill 10/15/05 08:28 PM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,915 Posts230,004 Members9,198 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members testawad, Bill_L, achz, MAGNVSTALSMA, Burlyfish 9,198 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 1,187 guests, and 2 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 26 A C Bowden 12 LukeJavan8 4 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,965 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,956 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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