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antonomasia
[ an-tuh-nuh-mey-zhuh ]
noun
- Rhetoric. the identification of a person by an epithet or appellative that is not the person's name, as his lordship.
- 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.
antonomasia
/ ˌæntənəˈmeɪzɪə; ˌæntənəˈmæstɪk /
noun
- the substitution of a title or epithet for a proper name, such as his highness
- the use of a proper name for an idea
he is a Daniel come to judgment
Derived Forms
- antonomastic, adjective
- ˌԳٴDzԴˈپ, adverb
Other yvlog Forms
- ·ٴ·Դ··پ [an-t, uh, -noh-, mas, -tik], t·Դ·t· adjective
- t·Դ·t··ly adverb
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of antonomasia1
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of antonomasia1
Example Sentences
Pertaining to, or characterized by, antonomasia.
Antonomasia, ant-on-om-āz′i-a, n. a figure of speech which uses an epithet on the name of an office or attributive for a person's proper name, e.g. his lordship for an earl; and conversely, e.g. a Napoleon for a great conqueror.
The famous kingdom of Candaya had for its queen the lady Donna Maguncia, widow of King Archipiela, who died, leaving the Infanta Antonomasia, their only child, heiress to the crown.
Thus being made the go-between, the wicked man was often in the chamber of the—not by him, but by me, betrayed Antonomasia, as her lawful spouse: for, sinner as I am, never would I have consented unless he had been her true husband, that he should have come within the shadow of her shoe-string!
No, no, marriage must be the forerunner of any business of this kind undertaken by me; the only mischief in the affair was that they were ill-sorted: Don Clavijo being but a private gentleman, and the Infanta Antonomasia, as I have already said, heiress of the kingdom.
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