Webster's New World Dictionary of Eponyms: Common Words from Proper Names. This item is unavailable.
Language: English
Published by Macmillan General Reference, 1990
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- Title
- Webster's New World Dictionary of Eponyms: Common Words from Proper Names
- Author
- Douglas, Auriel
- Publisher
- Macmillan General Reference
- Publication year
- 1990
- Condition
- very_good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0139499261
- ISBN 13
- 9780139499265
The origins of 800 common words derived from the names of uncommon people. Each entry includes the eponym, a biographical sketch of the perrson from whom it was derived, and an account of its origin, as well as the definition and current usage.
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