Namely, 31

NAMELY

eponyms (EP-uh-nimz)

words based on or derived from a person's name.

First Known Use: mid-19^th century

“What’s in a Name?”

Juliet in Romeo and Juliet, 2.2­­

31: ritz: extreme luxury—more commonly used in its adjective form: ritzy (from César Ritz,1850–1918,  Swiss entrepreneur, founder of fancy hotels; first known use of word, 1925–30)

Sometimes, you know, a word like ritz

Somehow, someway, just really fits

The thing that it’s referring to—

A kind of fate, I think—don’t you?

Now my own name—that name is Dyer—

Came from those men who dyed for hire.

But dire’s a word that’s also apt

For me and so should not be scrapped!