Namely, 129

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

129: tawdry: gaudy, tasteless (from “tawdry lace,” a corruption of “Saint Audren’s lace,” which could be purchased only at St. Audrey’s Fair in Ely, England; the fair was named after Saint Audrey (Saint Etheldreda), queen of Northumbria, who died in 679; first known use, 1655)

Her tawdry actions stunned her friends,

Who never thought someone like her

Would ever have to make amends

For dalliances with her chauffeur.

She’d always seemed the moral sort—

Who never smoked—did not get high.

So maybe it was just for sport

That she enjoyed that chauffeur guy?