antonomasian.

Brit.

/ˌantənəˈmeɪzɪə/, U.S.

/ænˌtɑnəˈmeɪʒə/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin antonomasia.

Etymology: < classical Latin antonomasia substitution of an epithet or title for a proper name < Hellenistic Greek ἀντονομασία < ancient Greek ἀντι- anti- prefix + ὀνομασία name (see onomasiology n.), after ἀντονομάζειν to name instead. Compare Hellenistic Greek ἀντωνυμία interchange of names (see antonym n.). Compare French antonomasie (13th cent. in Old French as anthonomasie, now rare; compare French antonomase (1634)), Old Occitan anthonomazia (c1350), Spanish antonomasia (1492), Portuguese antonomásia (1540), Italian antonomasia (14th cent.).

Rhetoric.

1. The substitution of an epithet or title for a proper name. Also: the substituted epithet itself.Quot. 1553 may show the Latin word.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > figure of speech > figures of meaning > [noun] > calling by name > use of epithet (etc.) for proper name

antonomasia1555

antonomasy1607

pronomination1611

1553 T. Wilson Arte of Rhetorique iii. f. 93^v Chaunge of a name, is when for the propre name, some name of an office, or other calling is vsed. [margin] Antonomasia.]

1555 R. Sherry Treat. Figures Gram. & Rhetorike f. xxv^v It [sc. periphrasis] differeth from Antonomasia, b[e]cause there, but one worde is chaunged with another, here one worde is decl[a]red with many.

1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie iii. xvi. 151 It is then called not metonimia, but antonomasia, or the Surnamer,..as he that would say: not king Philip of Spaine, but the Westerne king.

1625 S. Purchas Pilgrimes II. ix. ix. 1502 Medina is called the Citie by Antonomasia.

1653 R. Lloyd Latine Gram. 6 Thereto belongeth any other Nown, used by the figure Antonomasia, Orator for Cicero, Poeta for Homerus, [etc.].

1738 E. Chambers Cycl. (ed. 2) Antonomasia, a figure in rhetoric, whereby a noun appellative is used instead of a proper name... Thus we say, the philosopher, instead of Aristotle.

1767 T. Gibbons Rhetoric i. v. 75 When we use the Antonomasia, we should take care that whatever epithet, title, or denomination stands in the room of the usual name, should be..easy and familiar, or..emphatical and striking.

1823 T. Ross tr. F. Bouterwek Hist. Spanish & Portuguese Lit. II. iii. ii. 351 The public, content with the antonomasia, still continued to call him O Judeo, (the Jew).

1894 Mrs. G. C. Graham S. Teresa I. iv. 179 (note) Teresa..is formally declared a Doctor of the Church. The ‘seraphic doctor’, the antonomasia by which she is..referred to in Spain, relates to this.

1954 W. K. Wimsatt Verbal Icon 192 The writers had already exploited a great opportunity for antonomasia in each of these figures. Carnera was..‘Italian mastodon’, [etc.].

2011 C. M. McLoughlin Authoring War ii. 59 He is nominated bearer of the title ‘Thane of Cawdor’. Ross brings the news of this antonomasia from the king.

2. The use of the proper name of a particular individual as a generic term to denote others who belong to an implied type; an instance of this. Cf. pronomination n.¹

ΚΠ

1629 J. Mabbe tr. C. de Fonseca Deuout Contempl. 190 Tharsis was so famous a Port,..that those your great & huge merchants ships..were called in the Scripture, by an Antonomasia [Sp. antonomasia], or pronomination, The Ships of Tharshish.

1676 tr. B. Lamy Art of Speaking ii. i. 74 By this Figure Antonomasia, we call any voluptuous person a Sardanapalus.

1767 A. Smith Considerations Formation Langs. in Theory Moral Sentiments (ed. 3) II. 407 This way of speaking, which the grammarians call an Antonomasia.

1789 ‘Hortensius’ Deinology 124 It is by antonomasia..that we give the name of Nero to a cruel prince.

1860 J. R. Boyd Elem. Eng. Composition cvi. 260 (heading) The antonomasia... If a man is stout and warlike, he is, by this figure, said to be ‘a Hector’; if aged, ‘a Nestor’.

1891 J. S. Clark Briefer Pract. Rhetoric ii. ix. 158 ‘She was a very Jezebel’ is stronger than ‘She was a cruel, designing woman’. In this relation the figure has received the technical name Antonomasia.

1963 Mt. Vernon (Illinois) Reg.-News 7 Mar. 8/1 The figure of speech..such as a ‘Solomon’ for any wise man, is an antonomasia.

2009 National Post (Canada) (Nexis) 2 Dec. a26 We often seek instinctive recourse in..antonomasia. We'll substitute an antonomastic placeholder like..‘Hitler’ for an evil one.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	antonomasia
释义	antonomasian. Brit. /ˌantənəˈmeɪzɪə/, U.S. /ænˌtɑnəˈmeɪʒə/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin antonomasia. Etymology: < classical Latin antonomasia substitution of an epithet or title for a proper name < Hellenistic Greek ἀντονομασία < ancient Greek ἀντι- anti- prefix + ὀνομασία name (see onomasiology n.), after ἀντονομάζειν to name instead. Compare Hellenistic Greek ἀντωνυμία interchange of names (see antonym n.). Compare French antonomasie (13th cent. in Old French as anthonomasie, now rare; compare French antonomase (1634)), Old Occitan anthonomazia (c1350), Spanish antonomasia (1492), Portuguese antonomásia (1540), Italian antonomasia (14th cent.). Rhetoric. 1. The substitution of an epithet or title for a proper name. Also: the substituted epithet itself.Quot. 1553 may show the Latin word. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > figure of speech > figures of meaning > [noun] > calling by name > use of epithet (etc.) for proper name antonomasia1555 antonomasy1607 pronomination1611 1553 T. Wilson Arte of Rhetorique iii. f. 93^v Chaunge of a name, is when for the propre name, some name of an office, or other calling is vsed. [margin] Antonomasia.] 1555 R. Sherry Treat. Figures Gram. & Rhetorike f. xxv^v It [sc. periphrasis] differeth from Antonomasia, b[e]cause there, but one worde is chaunged with another, here one worde is decl[a]red with many. 1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie iii. xvi. 151 It is then called not metonimia, but antonomasia, or the Surnamer,..as he that would say: not king Philip of Spaine, but the Westerne king. 1625 S. Purchas Pilgrimes II. ix. ix. 1502 Medina is called the Citie by Antonomasia. 1653 R. Lloyd Latine Gram. 6 Thereto belongeth any other Nown, used by the figure Antonomasia, Orator for Cicero, Poeta for Homerus, [etc.]. 1738 E. Chambers Cycl. (ed. 2) Antonomasia, a figure in rhetoric, whereby a noun appellative is used instead of a proper name... Thus we say, the philosopher, instead of Aristotle. 1767 T. Gibbons Rhetoric i. v. 75 When we use the Antonomasia, we should take care that whatever epithet, title, or denomination stands in the room of the usual name, should be..easy and familiar, or..emphatical and striking. 1823 T. Ross tr. F. Bouterwek Hist. Spanish & Portuguese Lit. II. iii. ii. 351 The public, content with the antonomasia, still continued to call him O Judeo, (the Jew). 1894 Mrs. G. C. Graham S. Teresa I. iv. 179 (note) Teresa..is formally declared a Doctor of the Church. The ‘seraphic doctor’, the antonomasia by which she is..referred to in Spain, relates to this. 1954 W. K. Wimsatt Verbal Icon 192 The writers had already exploited a great opportunity for antonomasia in each of these figures. Carnera was..‘Italian mastodon’, [etc.]. 2011 C. M. McLoughlin Authoring War ii. 59 He is nominated bearer of the title ‘Thane of Cawdor’. Ross brings the news of this antonomasia from the king. 2. The use of the proper name of a particular individual as a generic term to denote others who belong to an implied type; an instance of this. Cf. pronomination n.¹ ΚΠ 1629 J. Mabbe tr. C. de Fonseca Deuout Contempl. 190 Tharsis was so famous a Port,..that those your great & huge merchants ships..were called in the Scripture, by an Antonomasia [Sp. antonomasia], or pronomination, The Ships of Tharshish. 1676 tr. B. Lamy Art of Speaking ii. i. 74 By this Figure Antonomasia, we call any voluptuous person a Sardanapalus. 1767 A. Smith Considerations Formation Langs. in Theory Moral Sentiments (ed. 3) II. 407 This way of speaking, which the grammarians call an Antonomasia. 1789 ‘Hortensius’ Deinology 124 It is by antonomasia..that we give the name of Nero to a cruel prince. 1860 J. R. Boyd Elem. Eng. Composition cvi. 260 (heading) The antonomasia... If a man is stout and warlike, he is, by this figure, said to be ‘a Hector’; if aged, ‘a Nestor’. 1891 J. S. Clark Briefer Pract. Rhetoric ii. ix. 158 ‘She was a very Jezebel’ is stronger than ‘She was a cruel, designing woman’. In this relation the figure has received the technical name Antonomasia. 1963 Mt. Vernon (Illinois) Reg.-News 7 Mar. 8/1 The figure of speech..such as a ‘Solomon’ for any wise man, is an antonomasia. 2009 National Post (Canada) (Nexis) 2 Dec. a26 We often seek instinctive recourse in..antonomasia. We'll substitute an antonomastic placeholder like..‘Hitler’ for an evil one. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1555
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