NAMELY
eponyms (EP-uh-nimz)
words based on
or derived from a person's name.
First Known Use: mid-19th
century
“What’s in a
Name?”
Juliet in Romeo and Juliet, 2.2
55: cereal: grain or food made
from grain (from Ceres the Roman goddess of grain and agriculture; first known
use of word, 1832)
Although he was imperial,
Napoleon loved his cereal.
Kix was his favorite—choice he’d rue:
He got real kicks at Waterloo.
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