list of eponymous adjectives in english

An eponymous adjective is an adjective which has been derived from a the name of a person, real or fictional. Persons from whose name the adjectives have been derived are called eponyms. Following is a list of eponymous adjectives in English.

Christian — Jesus Christ
Dickensian — Charles Dickens
Draconian — Draco
Elizibethian— Elizabeth I of England
Faustian — The character Faust, written about by Goethe and others
Freudian — Sigmund Freud
Gregorian — Pope Gregory I (as in Gregorian chant), Pope Gregory XIII (as in Gregorian calendar)
Jeffersonian — Thomas Jefferson
Jungian — Carl Jung
Machiavellian — Niccol Machiavelli (often used to represent views or behavior inconsistent with that of its eponym).
Napoleonic — Napolon Bonaparte
Orwellian — George Orwell
Rastafarian — Ras Tafari
Socratic — Socrates
Victorian — Queen Victoria
Zoroastrian — Zoroaster (Zarathustra)

Eponymous adjectives in English, List of

List Of Eponymous Adjectives In English

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