See Also: antonomasia(medicine)
Antonomasia(health)
antonomasia(dictionary)

barbet (iou) and antonomasia (iou)


barbet (iou)



barbet noun. L16.
[French, from barbe beard: see -ET1.]
A poodle. L16-E19.
Any of numerous brightly coloured fruit-eating tropical birds of the family Capitonidae, which have tufts of bristles at the base of the bill. E19.

antonomasia (iou)



antonomasia noun. M16.
[Latin from Greek, from antonomazein name instead, formed as ANTI- + onoma name: see -IA1.]
The substitution of an epithet etc. or the name of an office or dignity, for a proper name (e.g. the Iron Duke for Wellington). Also, conversely, the use of a proper name to express a General idea (e.g. a Solomon for 'a wise man').