Provides the entertaining histories behind hundreds of eponyms, such as bowdlerize (from the censorious Thomas Bowdler) and bikini from the atoll. There are hundreds more -- discover to whom we owe the terms hooker, sideburn, zeppelin, the cardigan sweater, pamphlet, robot and a…
A new dictionary of eponyms
by Freeman, Morton S., Oxford University Press
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Searchable database of A new dictionary of eponyms by Morton S. Freeman contains the histories behind hundreds of eponyms.
Searchable database of A new dictionary of eponyms by Morton S. Freeman contains the histories behind hundreds of eponyms.
"Coined about a century ago, the term eponym is a product of two Greek words, epi, 'on' or 'upon, ' and onama, 'a name.' But its broadened meaning, as dictionaries set it out, refers to a work derived from a proper name. A Dictionary of Eponyms explores the origins of hundreds o…
