单词 | polyonymic |
释义 | polyonymicadj. Now rare. Of, relating to, or designating a polyonym. Cf. polyonymy n. 1, polyonymous adj. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > naming > [adjective] > having many names multinominousa1631 parti named1634 multinominal1656 polyonymous1678 polynomial1704 heteronymous1734 polynome1830 plurinominal1881 poecilonymic1889 polyonymic1889 polynomic1898 1889 A. H. Buck Ref. Handbk. Med. Sci. VIII. 516/2 The conversion of the polyonymic, simile name into one which is mononymic and metaphorical, may commonly be effected by omitting the common noun and reducing the adjective to the substantive from which it was derived. 1901 Trans. & Proc. Amer. Philol. Assoc. 32 p. xc The bewildering variety of names which are given to the subjunctives that occur in different connections..: Volitive,..causal, and many more in -ive and -al, together with numerous polyonymic designations. 1968 Classical Q. New Ser. 18 57 Epiclesis of the polyonymic type. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1889 |
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