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Aptronym logo #10101) Type of word
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Aptronym

Aptronym logo #21000 An aptronym (also: aptonym) or charactonym is a name aptly suited to its owner. The medieval Latin poem Eupolemius uses aptronyms based on Greek words to allegorise the story of the Gospel. In the book What`s in a Name? (1996), author Paul Dickson cites a long list of aptronyms originally compiled by Professor Lewis P. Lipsitt, of Brown Universit....
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aptronym logo #22641name that suits its owner
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aptronym logo #21003a name that fits some aspect of a character, as in Mr. Talkative and Mr. Worldly Wiseman in John Bunyan`s The Pilgrim`s Progress or Mrs. Malaprop in ...
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aptronym logo #21009aptronym A name which matches or sounds like its owner`s occupation or character. Some actual names include: Dan Druff, a barber; Felicity Foote, a dance teacher; James Bugg, an exterminator; Will Snow, an arctic explorer; and William Wordsworth, the poet.
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