Date:  Fri, 21 Apr 1995 14:43:13 +0100

From:  debaron[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]UIUC.EDU

Subject: eponyms and webster



Here's the last word on eponym, according to the 1995 ed. of the Random

House Webster's Dictionary:



sense 2, dated from 1840-50: "a word based on or derived from a person's name."



And BTW, this new dictionary has the distinction of being the first to

define as one sense of Webster: informal, "A dictionary of the English

language."



Way to go, Jesse Scheidlower!



Dennis (the eponymous one)

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Dennis Baron                      debaron[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]uiuc.edu



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