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
64: fauna: the animal
kingdom—all animals taken together (from Faunus, the Roman god of pastures and
forests—or from Fauna, a female counterpart); first known use of word, 1771)
He was startled, there with the fauna:
Group of very fierce piranha.
He was swimming (such is fate—yes?)
Learned thereby he had a date (guess!)
With that famous Reaper (Grim—boo!)—
Soon, not much was left of him to
Reap.
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