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An eponymous adjective is an adjective which has been derived from the name of a person, real or fictional. Persons from whose name the adjectives have been derived are called eponyms. [1] Following is a list of eponymous adjectives in English.
Hmm: Online, people are complaining about 'avoidant discard': It's 'a more intimate' ghosting 'You might not see them for a year or two' Brier devoted all her time to her friends in her early 20s ...
The late filmmaker Chris Marker gave his monumental documentary on the New Left movement of 1967–1977, Le fond de l'air est rouge (1977), the English title Grin without a Cat. Like the original, it signifies that revolution was in the air, but failed to take root. In the film, it is also stated: a spearhead without a spear, a grin without a cat.
So can those ending in -ch / -tch (e.g. "the French", "the Dutch") provided they are pronounced with a 'ch' sound (e.g. the adjective Czech does not qualify). Many place-name adjectives and many demonyms are also used for various other things, sometimes with and sometimes without one or more additional words.
I have a memory of getting angry at you once," Danson admitted to Grammer, who was visiting the show. "Yeah, you came and told me that one day," Grammer responded. "And it's stuck in both of our ...
Such adjective phrases can be integrated into the clause (e.g., Love dies young) or detached from the clause as a supplement (e.g., Happy to see her, I wept). Adjective phrases functioning as predicative adjuncts are typically interpreted with the subject of the main clause being the predicand of the adjunct (i.e., "I was happy to see her"). [11]
Friends are the family we get to choose and I’m so glad that we chose each other. Happy birthday to my wonderful best friend. I’m so proud of the person you’ve become!
George Puttenham in the 16th century described what he called “a mock with a scornful countenance as in some smiling sort looking aside”. [5]"A constant smirk upon the face, and a whiffling activity of the body, are strong indications of futility," the Earl of Chesterfield once wrote in a letter to his son.