| 单词 | antonomasia |
| 释义 | antonomasia —antonomastic /an'teuh noh mas"tik/, antonomastical, adj. —antonomastically, adv. /an'teuh neuh may"zheuh/, n. 1. Rhet. the identification of a person by an epithet or appellative that is not the person's name, as his lordship. 2. the use of the name of a person who was distinguished by a particular characteristic, as Don Juan or Annie Oakley, to designate a person or group of persons having the same characteristic. [1580-90; < L < Gk, verbid of antonomázein to call by a new name, equiv. to ant- ANT- + onomat- s. of ónoma NAME + -ia -IA] |
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