Namely, 65

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

65: filbert: a hazel nut (from Saint Philbert, d. 684, a Frankish abbot whose feast day (August 22) marks the ripening season of this nut; earliest known use of word, 14^th century)

A filbert Philbert Filbert ate

Just cracked his favorite tooth.

“Well, OW!” he cried, and in the room

Then raced his dear wife, Ruth.

“What has gone wrong with you, dear Phil?”

She asked with deep alarm.

“I ate a filbert,” Phil replied—

“And that has done the harm!”

She said, “I've told you countless times

To shun those harder nuts!”

They watched The Nutcracker awhile

Upon their ample butts.